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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

Eight hours later the G.I.s were finally released after U.S. officers and the province chief agreed to give the veterans $720 in cash, 170 cases of salad oil and 150 cases of cereal.

From Time Magazine Archive

They spread from his $400 million-a-year Hunt Foods & Industries through steel, salad oil, matches, paint and publishing.

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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