greasenoun [ U ]
uk/ɡriːs/us/ɡriːs/animal or vegetable fat that is soft after melting, or more generally, any thick oil-like substance:
The dinner plates were thick with grease.
You'll have to put some grease on those ball bearings.
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Fats & oils in food & cooking
- argan oil
- bergamot
- butter
- cocoa butter
- corn oil
- dripping
- fat
- ghee
- hydrogenated
- margarine
- monounsaturated
- oil
- Olestra
- olive oil
- palm oil
- safflower
- shortening
- unsaturated
- vegetable oil
- virgin
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greaseverb [ T ]
uk/ɡriːs/us/ɡriːs/to put fat or oil on something:
Grease the tins well before adding the cake mixture.
Idiom(s)
grease sb's palm
like greased lightning