VEGETABLE OIL
Dictionary entry overview: What does vegetable oil mean?
• VEGETABLE OIL (noun)
The noun VEGETABLE OIL has 1 sense:
1. any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
Familiarity information: VEGETABLE OIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• VEGETABLE OIL (noun)
Meaning:
Any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
vegetable oil; oil
Hypernyms ("vegetable oil" is a kind of...):
edible fat (oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vegetable oil"):
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)
walnut oil (oil from walnuts)
sunflower oil; sunflower-seed oil (oil from sunflower seeds)
soyabean oil; soybean oil (oil from soya beans)
sesame oil (oil obtained from sesame seeds)
safflower oil (oil from seeds of the safflower plant)
salad oil (any of several edible vegetable oils that can be used in salad dressings)
groundnut oil; peanut oil (a oil from peanuts; used in cooking and making soap)
palm oil (oil from nuts of oil palms especially the African oil palm)
olive oil (oil from olives)
cottonseed oil (edible oil pressed from cottonseeds)
corn oil (oil from the germs of corn grains)
coconut oil; copra oil (oil from coconuts)
canola oil (vegetable oil made from rapeseed)
sweet oil (mild vegetable oil when used as food; especially olive or edible rape oil)
cooking oil (any of numerous vegetable oils used in cooking)
Holonyms ("vegetable oil" is a substance of...):
margarin; margarine; marge; oleo; oleomargarine (a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter)
