olive oil

Oil pressed from olives, used in salad dressings, for cooking, as an ingredient in cosmetics, and as an emollient.

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olive oil

(Cookery) a pale yellow oil pressed from ripe olive fruits and used in cooking, medicines, soaps, etc

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ol′ive oil`

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

[1765–75]

olive oil

factory - Originally a place where traders did their business in another country, based on Latin factorium, "an oil press" (for olive oil).
oil - From Latin oleum, from Greek elaion, "olive oil; other oily substance."
salmagundi - First a dish of chopped meat and eggs, highly seasoned and served with lemon juice and olive oil.
amurca - Sediment in olive oil.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

olive oil - oil from olives

vegetable oil, oil - any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants

olive - small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil

oleic acid - a colorless oily liquid occurring as a glyceride; it is the major fatty acid in olive oil and canola oil; used in making soap and cosmetics and ointments and lubricating oils

Translations

زِيّتُ الْزَيّتُونِ

olivový olej

olivenolie

Olivenöl

ελαιόλαδο λάδι

aceite de oliva

oliiviöljy

huile d’olivehuile d'olive

maslinovo ulje

olívaolaj

ólífuolía

olio di oliva olio d'oliva

オリーブ油

올리브 기름

olijfolie

olivenolje

oliwa z oliwek

azeite azeite de oliva

оливковое масло

olivolja

น้ำมันมะกอก

zeytin yağı

dầu ôliu

橄榄油

olive oil

n → olio d'oliva

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

olive oil

→ زِيّتُ الْزَيّتُونِ olivový olej olivenolie Olivenöl ελαιόλαδο aceite de oliva oliiviöljy huile d’olive maslinovo ulje olio di oliva オリーブ油 올리브 기름 olijfolie olivenolje oliwa z oliwek azeite, azeite de oliva оливковое масло olivolja น้ำมันมะกอก zeytin yağı dầu ôliu 橄榄油

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He was moistened before and behind with a greasy liquid which the host recognized as his best olive oil.

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