Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tall oil

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English

Syllables: tal-l oil
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dark yellow resinous acidic oil obtained as a byproduct during the pulping of pine; it is used in the manufacture of soaps and lubricants.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Swedish tallolja (“pine oil”).

Origin

Source language: Swedish

Word Breakdown

Root: tallolja

Usage

Inflected Forms

tall oils (plural)

Synonyms

talloel tallol

Questions

What does tall oil mean?: A dark yellow resinous acidic oil obtained as a byproduct during the pulping of pine; it is used in the manufacture of soaps and lubricants.
Where does tall oil come from?: It is traced to Swedish.

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