olive oil
noun
an oil expressed from the olive fruit, used in cooking, in salad dressings, in medicine, etc.
Origin of olive oil
1First recorded in 1765–75
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How to use olive oil in a sentence
And always a couple of different extra-virgin olive oils; sometimes I infuse them with citrus or ginger or different herbs.
The best qualities are rather difficult to obtain; those usually sold being much inferior to Peach-kernel and Olive oils.
The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition | A. W. Duncan
British Dictionary definitions for olive oil
olive oil
noun
a pale yellow oil pressed from ripe olive fruits and used in cooking, medicines, soaps, etc
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