olive oil

American  

noun

1. an oil expressed from the olive fruit, used in cooking, in salad dressings, in medicine, etc.

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olive oil British  

noun

1. a pale yellow oil pressed from ripe olive fruits and used in cooking, medicines, soaps, etc

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Etymology

Origin of olive oil

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

Olive crops were particularly affected, with the price of olive oil skyrocketing.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

A drizzle of good arbequina olive oil and few crackers.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2026

They began cooking most meals at home, using olive oil instead of butter, and doing family workouts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

The picture looks quite different for oleic acid, a monounsaturated fat found in high amounts in olive oil.

From Science Daily • Jun. 22, 2026

But Winnie was adamantly opposed, thinking it unhealthy and outdated, and instead smeared Zenani with olive oil, plastered her little body with Johnson’s Baby Powder, and filled her stomach with shark oil.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela