palm oil

American  

noun

palm oils plural

1. a yellow butterlike oil derived from the fruit of the oil palm and used as an edible fat and for making soap, candles, etc.

2. oil obtained from various species of palm.

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palm oil British  

noun

1. a yellow butter-like oil obtained from the fruit of the oil palm, used as an edible fat and in soap

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• palm oils
  plural

Etymology

Origin of palm oil

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

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palm oil

Hameed believes this correction will be limited due to strong underlying palm oil fundamentals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Ng sees prices for palm oil well supported above 4,600 ringgit a ton and resistance at 4,780 ringgit a ton.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Find insight on palm oil, Air Liquide, JX Advanced Metals and more in the latest Market Talks covering basic materials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Weather-related production risks have historically led to firmer palm oil prices as markets price in tighter supply, it says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

We bought some rice, some palm oil, salt, and fish; by the time we were done, the market was filling up with people hurriedly trying to buy whatever they could afford.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah