Olives

American  

[ol-ivz] / ˈɒl ɪvz /

Also Olivet

noun

1. Mount of, a small ridge E of Jerusalem, in what is now Jordan. Highest point, 2,737 feet (834m).

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Olives British  

/ ˈɒlɪvz /

noun

1. a hill to the east of Jerusalem: in New Testament times the village Bethany (Mark 11:11) was on its eastern slope and Gethsemane on its western one

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Example Sentences

My Domino’s order is a small pepperoni, pineapple, olives and sausage slice ... hand tossed, cheesed up, and then I will get a side of garlic knots and a side of buffalo wings with ranch.

From Los Angeles Times

Parents who try to inculcate in their children a taste for what we have come to consider to be “adult” flavors—olives, salad, cabbage, lamb and suchlike—may have their successes, but overall American kiddie-food culture is devoted to the bland, the synthetic and the factory-made.

From The Wall Street Journal

Before you drain, save the pasta water — that cloudy starch is what turns chopped olives and warm oil into a sauce that clings instead of puddles.

From Salon

Now make the briny engine: chop green olives very finely, almost relish-like, and do the same with artichoke hearts: small, but not paste.

From Salon

Chickpeas with bell pepper, feta and olives.

From Salon