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

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cottonseed oil

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

The Council had successfully fought the use of foreign oils in the U. S., on behalf of cottonseed oil.

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

We are shipping cottonseed oil also, but this requires tank-steamers, which are scarce.

From Food Guide for War Service at Home Prepared under the direction of the United States Food Administration in co-operation with the United States Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Education, with a preface by Herbert Hoover by Powdermaker, Florence