oleo
noun
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oleo
1 American
[oh-lee-oh]
/ ˈoʊ liˌoʊ /
noun
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oleos
plural
oleo-
2
American
oleo-
British
combining form
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of oleo1
First recorded in 1880–85; by shortening of oleomargarine
Origin of oleo-2
< Latin, combining form representing oleum oil
Vocabulary lists containing oleo
Scrabble: Four-Letter Words with 3 Vowels
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Example Sentences
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The key is oleo saccharum, which sounds like an ingredient from a laboratory, but is really just a process that pulls essential oils from citrus using sugar.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2020
But that hope might be oleo, a poor substitute.
From Time ● May 13, 2013
In 1906, vegetable oils were first substituted for the oleo oils, to lower the price and improve the product.
From Time Magazine Archive
Taxpayers can justly complain, as one did recently, about being "forced to pay for butter while eating oleo."
From Time Magazine Archive
There was slightly better food—at midday, a bowl of real soup, perhaps a slice of vegetable, and at the end of the night shift, bread with oleo.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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