olive oil

noun

an oil expressed from the olive fruit, used in cooking, in salad dressings, in medicine, etc.

Origin of olive oil

First recorded in 1765–75

Words nearby olive oil

olive crown, olive drab, olive family, olive-green, olivenite, olive oil, Oliver, Oliver Twist, Olives, olive shell, olivette

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Example sentences from the Web for olive oil

The group of houses is Eleusis, now an Albanian settlement, and the chimneys belong to a factory where olive-oil soap is made.
The Near East|Robert Hichens
Colza-oil is yielded by rape-seed and olive-oil is extracted from ripe olives.
Artificial Light|M. Luckiesh
No doubt its original use had been to store water, wine, or olive-oil, but nowadays it was merely an ornament to the garden.
The Jolliest School of All|Angela Brazil
Obtain an olive-oil flask, the glass of which must be colorless.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12|Various

He took waxed thread and olive-oil—hence that pungent smell over all the earth which compels people to hold their noses.
The Mantle and Other Stories|Nicholas Gogol

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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单词	olive oil
释义	olive oil noun an oil expressed from the olive fruit, used in cooking, in salad dressings, in medicine, etc. Origin of olive oil First recorded in 1765–75 Words nearby olive oil olive crown, olive drab, olive family, olive-green, olivenite, olive oil, Oliver, Oliver Twist, Olives, olive shell, olivette Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for olive oil The group of houses is Eleusis, now an Albanian settlement, and the chimneys belong to a factory where olive-oil soap is made. The Near East\|Robert Hichens Colza-oil is yielded by rape-seed and olive-oil is extracted from ripe olives. Artificial Light\|M. Luckiesh No doubt its original use had been to store water, wine, or olive-oil, but nowadays it was merely an ornament to the garden. The Jolliest School of All\|Angela Brazil Obtain an olive-oil flask, the glass of which must be colorless. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12\|Various He took waxed thread and olive-oil—hence that pungent smell over all the earth which compels people to hold their noses. The Mantle and Other Stories\|Nicholas Gogol 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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