peanut oil

[ pee-nuht oil, -nuht ]

noun

1. a yellow to greenish oil expressed or extracted from peanuts, used in cooking, as a vehicle for medicines, and in the manufacture of soap.

peanut oil

noun

1. oil that is made from peanut seeds and used for cooking, in soaps, and in pharmaceutical products

Word History and Origins

Origin of peanut oil¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Before serving, it gets a simple dressing of soy sauce and a light lashing of hot peanut oil — the namesake sizzle.

From Washington Post

Many chefs love peanut oil for frying, but that’s a nonstarter for anyone with a peanut allergy.

From Washington Post

Instead of making cotton oil, farmers could make peanut oil.

From The Daily Beast

The chicken, fried in impeccably fresh peanut oil, is enveloped in a salty skin that peels away in bacon-rich strips.

From The Daily Beast

Heat a large frying pan with a generous amount of peanut oil.

From The Daily Beast

If you have a taste for Asian flare, combine soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sesame seeds, and peanut oil.

From The Daily Beast

The other kinds, those we are mostly used to elsewhere, taste like cotton seed or peanut oil, which is probably what they are.

From Project Gutenberg

To distinguish these from peanut oil heat the mixture on the water-bath till everything has dissolved, and cool to 17° to 19°.

From Project Gutenberg

The cloudiness will not appear if the oil is pure, but will reappear if peanut oil is present.

From Project Gutenberg

It contained a few cookies smelling of peanut oil, and these he smilingly offered to us.

From Project Gutenberg

A servant came in with something evidently intended for a lamp—a burning pith wick set in a saucer of peanut oil.

From Project Gutenberg