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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

olive oil

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables
olive oil
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A vegetable oil, pressed from olives, and used in cooking and as a salad dressing; it is high in unsaturated fatty acids.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From olive + oil. Compare earlier oil of olives.

Usage

Inflected Forms

olive oils (plural)

Phrases

olive oiliness olive-oily old-oil

Frequently Paired Words

old-oil

Synonyms

sweet oil oil of olives

Questions

What does olive oil mean?
A vegetable oil, pressed from olives, and used in cooking and as a salad dressing; it is high in unsaturated fatty acids.
Where does olive oil come from?
From olive + oil. Compare earlier oil of olives.

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