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salad oil

American  

noun

  1. an oil used in salad dressing, especially olive oil or a vegetable oil, as from sesame, corn, or safflower.


Etymology

Origin of salad oil

First recorded in 1550–60

Example Sentences

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If you don't have any avocado or grapeseed oil, reach for any neutral tasting salad oil.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2022

I’m wearing the same t-shirt on which my youngest wiped a perfect handprint of salad oil.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2017

Whether or not the salad oil is monounsaturated, my capacity for listening to such discussion has already become supersaturated.

From Time Magazine Archive

Liquids are suspended in droplet form in other liquids�like salad oil in water�and the mixture is run through an industrial blender that breaks the droplets down into still smaller sizes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Corn oil can be used as a cooking or salad oil.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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