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salad oil

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any oil used in or as a salad dressing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

An edible vegetable oil other than olive oil, as corn oil or sesame oil

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 3

An edible vegetable oil that is winterized so that it remains liquid at cold temperatures. It is characterized by its light flavor, color, and mouthfeel, which make it ideal for industrial food applications such as the production of mayonnaise. (after 1962, usually): partially hydrogenated refined, bleached, and deodorized (RBD) soybean oil for industrial food manufacturing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, uncountable

Qualifier: industrial

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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noun

Meaning 4

any of several edible vegetable oils that can be used in salad dressings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: vegetable oil, oil

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Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 沙拉油 (shālāyóu) — Translations
  • Dutch: slaolie — Translations
  • Faroese: salatolja — Translations
  • German: Salatöl — Translations
  • Polish: olej do sałatek — Translations