oil

/ɔɪl/ n [C/U] (FAT)

Definition

› thick, liquid fat obtained from plants which does not mix with water and is used esp. in cooking: [U] vegetable/corn/olive oil [U] I like oil and vinegar on my salad. [C] These cookies are made with soybean and palm oils.

(Definition of oil n (FAT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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