cottonseed oil

American  

noun

1. a brown-yellow, viscid oil with a nutlike odor, obtained from the seed of the cotton plant: used in the manufacture of soaps, hydrogenated fats, lubricants, and cosmetics, as a cooking and salad oil, and in medicine chiefly as a laxative.

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cottonseed oil British  

noun

1. a yellowish or dark red oil with a nutlike smell, extracted or expelled from cottonseed, used in cooking and in the manufacture of paints, soaps, etc

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Etymology

Origin of cottonseed oil

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Example Sentences

The products, mostly partially hydrogenated soybean oil and cottonseed oil, provided taste and texture and extended the shelf life of fried and baked foods.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2015

"Fired from the Wall Street Journal in 1954 for lacking respect for price of crude cottonseed oil."

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2011

Hunt is now the largest refiner of cottonseed oil in the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

The reason: margarine, made chiefly of cottonseed oil, is worth $80 million a year to cotton planters.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among such food substances I include lard and its imitations made from cottonseed oil, white flour, all the prepared and refined cereals, polished rice, tapioca, farina, corn starch, and granulated and powdered sugar.

From The Book of Life by Sinclair, Upton