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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

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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

The yolks made equally good mayonnaise when - whipped with salad oil.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1963, an obscure subsidiary, American Express Warehousing, was duped into issuing warehouse receipts for the nonexistent salad oil of Speculator Anthony De Angelis.

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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