peanut oil
noun
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 oils
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pluralof peanut oil.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the middle are the mono-unsaturated fats such as olive and peanut oils.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sometimes butter and cottonseed and peanut oils are added.
From School and Home Cooking by Carlotta Cherryholmes Greer
The melting and solidifying points of the acids in cotton seed, sesame, and peanut oils lie considerably higher, those of sunflower, rape, and castor oils decidedly lower than those of olive oil.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 by Various
The adulterants consist of cotton-seed, corn, mustard, and peanut oils.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow
