almond oil

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noun Chemistry.

Also called sweet almond oil, expressed almond oil. a colorless to pale yellow fatty oil expressed from the seeds of the sweet almond, used in preparing perfumes and confections.

Also called bitter almond oil. a colorless to yellow, poisonous oil obtained by steam distillation from the almond meal of bitter almond seeds: used chiefly in the manufacture of cosmetics, medicines, and perfumes.

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Origin of almond oil

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby almond oil

almond bark, almond cake, almond-eyed, almond meal, almond milk, almond oil, almond-shaped, almoner, almonry, Almoravid, Almoravide

How to use almond oil in a sentence

With most shimmers made with the best ingredients that include pearlescent, argan oil, and almond oil, we can quickly attain a glow that is not only healthy for the skin, but also adds a little boost to our already poppin’ skin tone.
8 Must-Have Shimmering Body Oils To Increase Your Glow-Up This Summer|Blake Newby|July 2, 2021|Essence.com
Argan oil, sweet almond oil, rosehip oil, and jojoba oil will also work as long as you’re not allergic.
Five tips for taking care of your over-washed hands|Sandra Gutierrez G.|December 20, 2020|Popular-Science
They introduced the lip balm, a combination of beeswax and sweet almond oil, in 1991.
Burt’s Bees Co-Founder Burt Shavitz on the Doc ‘Burt’s Buzz,’ and Losing Millions|Marlow Stern|September 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Let us no longer have almond oil "essential," almond oil "unctuous," and the like.
The Art of Perfumery|G. W. Septimus Piesse

He has made trial of Phosphuretted Almond-oil, containing one grain of Phosphorus to the pint.
The Action of Medicines in the System|Frederick William Headland
Thus the artificial production of bitter-almond oil from toluene has already been explained.
Coal|Raphael Meldola
Reduce the camphor to powder by rubbing it in a mortar with the addition of an ounce or more of almond oil, then sift it.
The Art of Perfumery|G. W. Septimus Piesse
With another brush moisten the same parts with fine almond oil.
Papers on Health|John Kirk