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salad oil

noun

  1. an oil used in salad dressing, especially olive oil or a vegetable oil, as from sesame, corn, or safflower.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of salad oil1

First recorded in 1550–60

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Example Sentences

Fillet a brace of woodcock, soak them in salad oil seasoned with black pepper, some cloves, and a pounded head of garlic.

Now, there is a remedy for the toughness of steak, which I can give you, depending upon whether you like salad oil.

Good sweet salad oil is preferable to any animal or vegetable fat for purposes of nutriment.

Make a cataplasm of bean meal and salad oil, and lay it to the place afflicted.

After all, that is the best test you possibly can have as to whether you like salad oil in cooking.

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