salad oil
Americannoun
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
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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
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Corn oil can be used as a cooking or salad oil.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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