English > oil: 6 senses > noun 1, substanceMeaning | A slippery or viscous liquid / liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water. |
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Narrower | almond oil, expressed almond oil, sweet almond oil | pale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds |
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animal oil | Any oil obtained from animal substances |
babassu oil, babacu oil | fatty oil from kernels of babassu nuts similar to coconut oil |
calamus oil | carcinogenic oil from calamus root used as a perfume |
camphor oil | oil distilled from camphor resin |
chaulmoogra oil | An oil from chaulmoogra trees |
cohune-nut oil, cohune oil, cohune fat | semisolid fat from nuts of the cohune palm |
croton oil | viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action |
essential oil, volatile oil | An oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes |
fixed oil, fatty oil | nonvolatile animal or plant oil |
fuel oil, heating oil | A petroleum product used for fuel |
fusel oil | A mixture of amyl alcohols and propanol and butanol formed from distillation of fermented liquors |
grease, lubricating oil | A thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate / lubricate machinery) |
hydnocarpus oil | oil from seeds of trees of the genus Hydnocarpus especially Hydnocarpus wightiana (Hydnocarpus laurifolia) |
hyssop oil | Used chiefly in liqueurs |
lemongrass, lemon grass, lemongrass oil | An aromatic oil that smells like lemon and is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumes and medicines |
linseed oil, flaxseed oil | A drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints |
mineral oil | A distillate of petroleum (especially one used medicinally as a laxative or stool softener) |
motor oil | oil used to lubricate / lubricate the moving parts of a motor |
mustard oil | oil obtained from mustard seeds and used in making soap |
neroli oil | An odoriferous yellow oil found in orange flowers and used in perfumery and as a flavoring |
pennyroyal oil | oil from European pennyroyal having an odor like mint |
pennyroyal oil, hedeoma oil | aromatic oil from American pennyroyal |
petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oil | A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons |
rape oil, rapeseed oil, colza oil | edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant |
safflower oil | oil from safflower seeds used as food as well as in medicines and paints |
sassafras oil | oil from root bark of sassafras trees |
shale oil | oil extracted from oil shale by heating |
spike lavender oil, spike oil | pale yellow essential oil obtained from spike lavender used in scenting soaps and cosmetics |
stand oil | A thick oil comprised of linseed, tung, or soya oils which have been heated to over 300 C |
tall oil | An oil derived from wood pulp and used in making soaps or lubricants |
tung oil, Chinese wood oil | A yellow oil obtained from the seeds of the tung tree |
Broader | lipid, lipide, lipoid | An oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents |
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Spanish | aceite, óleo, petróleo |
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Catalan | oli |
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Adjectives | oily | coated or covered with oil |
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Nouns | oiler | a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk |
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oiler | a well that yields or has yielded oil |
oiler | a worker who oils engines or machinery |
Verbs | oil | administer an oil or ointment to |
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oil | cover with oil, as if by rubbing |
English > oil: 6 senses > noun 4, foodMeaning | Any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants. |
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Synonym | vegetable oil |
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Narrower | canola oil, canola | vegetable oil made from rapeseed |
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coconut oil, copra oil | oil from coconuts |
cooking oil | Any of numerous vegetable oils used in cooking |
corn oil | oil from the germs of corn grains |
cottonseed oil | edible oil pressed from cottonseeds |
drying oil | An oil that hardens in air due to oxidation and is often used as a paint or varnish base |
madia oil | Used as a substitute for olive oil |
olive oil | oil from olives |
palm oil | oil from nuts of oil palms especially the African oil palm |
peanut oil, groundnut oil | An oil from peanuts |
safflower oil | oil from seeds of the safflower plant |
salad oil | Any of several edible vegetable oils that can be used in salad dressings |
sesame oil | oil obtained from sesame seeds |
soybean oil, soyabean oil | oil from soya beans |
sunflower oil, sunflower-seed oil | oil from sunflower seeds |
sweet oil | mild vegetable oil when used as food |
walnut oil | oil from walnuts |
Broader | edible fat | oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue |
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Substance of | margarine, margarin, oleo, oleomargarine, marge | A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter |
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Spanish | aceite, aceite vegetal |
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Catalan | oli vegetal |
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Adjectives | oily | containing an unusual amount of grease or oil |
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