Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

poppy-seed oil

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables: pop-py-seed oil
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of poppy seed oil.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The poppies were to make cooking oil, poppy-seed oil—Lina and I had to crack and shell the pods—and my poor father, deploring it all, sadly talked of olives."
"Alternative fuels were a bit more complicated. Every military engine, whether in a jet, helicopter, tank, or generator, is designed, for purposes of standardization, to run on jet fuel, or JP-8. […] Pure poppy-seed oil mixed with JP-8 remained an option, though."
"Here, balls of kurut are submerged in hot water until it turns milky. This is the dressing for kurutob, to be poured over the shredded fatir, followed by onions fried in poppy-seed oil, with its faint smack of almonds."

Usage

Inflected Forms

poppy-seed oils (plural)

Questions

What does poppy-seed oil mean?: Alternative form of poppy seed oil.

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