vegetable oil

American  

noun

• vegetable oils
  plural

1. any of a large group of oils that are esters of fatty acids and glycerol, obtained from the leaves, fruit, or seeds of plants.

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vegetable oil British  

noun

1. any of a group of oils that are esters of fatty acids and glycerol and are obtained from plants

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• vegetable oils
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of vegetable oil

First recorded in 1895–1900

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Example Sentences

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vegetable oil

Ukraine, which is a major exporter of corn, wheat, colza, sunflower seeds and vegetable oil, submitted its EU membership bid days after Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The only ones I tend to avoid are neutral vegetable oil, which can make the whole thing feel a little filmy, and coconut oil, unless that is a flavor you specifically want to chase.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

He now has to change the beef tallow in his fryer each week instead of every 10 to 14 days with vegetable oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

The harvest of barley, oats and rapeseed, which are used in beer, breakfast cereals and vegetable oil, is estimated to drop to just 19.5 million tonnes, the worst since records began in 1984.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

I read the sides of vegetable oil cans.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau

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