Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

truffle oil

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables: truf-fle oil
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cooking ingredient consisting of flavorless oil infused with truffle (or a synthetic flavor compound supposed to resemble it).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Substances float around each other until you crush them all with a blender. Add a bit of white miso, lemon juice, truffle oil, chives: survey your wreckage, which will be the wrong colour (cream with a hint of grey) and the wrong consistency (gluey)."

Etymology

From truffle + oil.

Usage

Inflected Forms

truffle oils (plural)

Questions

What does truffle oil mean?: A cooking ingredient consisting of flavorless oil infused with truffle (or a synthetic flavor compound supposed to resemble it).
Where does truffle oil come from?: From truffle + oil.

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