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oleo oil

noun

  1. a product obtained from beef fat and consisting chiefly of a mixture of olein and palmitin, used for making butterlike foods.


oleo oil

/ ˈəʊlɪəʊ /

noun

  1. an oil extracted from beef fat, consisting mainly of a mixture of olein and palmitin. It is used in the manufacture of margarine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of oleo oil1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
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Example Sentences

Oleo oil and vegetable oils are being imported in large quantities and now England uses twice as much margarine as butter.

We are shipping about one-third of the lard which we produce, and large quantities of oleo oil for oleomargarine.

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