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olive oil

noun

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


olive oil

noun

  1. a pale yellow oil pressed from ripe olive fruits and used in cooking, medicines, soaps, etc
“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 olive oil1

First recorded in 1765–75
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Example Sentences

Halibut poached in olive oil and perched on a little garden of sauteed fennel purple potatoes and preserved lemon underscores the chef’s affinity for acid — sparkle — in his cooking.

Split open a cooked one, drizzle it with olive oil and sprinkle with flakey sea salt, then slide it under the broiler to slowly crisp up and caramelize around the edges.

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Tasty, bright-tasting olive oil that they won’t mind displaying on their counter.

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Into a small jar with a lid, add a quarter-cup of extra-virgin olive oil and 1 tablespoon each of fresh lemon juice and champagne vinegar.

Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat.

Rub the loin with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper.

Heat a large sauté pan over medium-high heat and add olive oil.

Add olive oil to the pan and toss in the garlic and chili flake.

Pat the chicken dry with paper towels, place on a sheet pan, brush with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

The room was full of dozens of urns, each full of olive oil, used in some of the Yezidi rituals.

Are of two kinds; the first, on the outer skin, may be removed by rubbing with camphorated olive oil.

Every day caravans of camels came into Tripoli by the hundred, bringing grain, olive oil and Syrian butter from the interior.

Either the starch or bran bath may be tried, while olive oil should be frequently and lightly rubbed over the chafed part.

Nitrous air is decomposed by pyrophorus, and by agitation in olive oil, which becomes coagulated by the process.

The grapes are collected and dipped in a weak ley, with which a small quantity of olive-oil has been mixed.

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