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corn oil
noun
: a yellow fatty oil obtained from the germ of corn kernels and used chiefly as salad oil, in soft soap, and in margarine
Examples of corn oil in a Sentence
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Lined up next to the bottles of basics such as canola, vegetable, and corn oil are relatively exotic—and expensive—options: grapeseed oil, pumpkin-seed oil, walnut oil.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 21 June 2024
Vegetable, canola, and corn oil are good bets for baking and have a high smoke point and neutral flavor.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2024
Seed oils are oils that have been extracted from compressed seeds, such as canola oil, corn oil, sunflower oil, or soybean oil.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2023
Even better, converting tallow, used cooking oil and distillers corn oil to RD could achieve up to 86% lower GHG than petroleum diesel, but these feedstocks have a very limited supply.
—Steven Carlini, Forbes, 5 May 2023
In addition to potatoes and salt, Utz’s chips are fried in a combination of cottonseed oil, corn oil, and/or sunflower oil.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 3 Feb. 2023
During that processing, whole foods are broken down into their component parts (like corn oil or whey protein concentrate or citric acid) and then re-constituted into something else (like Doritos).
—Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 17 May 2019
Those with more persistent problems can get free state permits that allow the holder to prevent goose eggs from hatching by coating them with corn oil or shaking them.
—Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
Each group took either 1 teaspoon (5 milliliters) of cod liver oil or 1 teaspoon of corn oil, which served as a placebo, each day for six months over the winter.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 7 Sep. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1879, in the meaning defined above
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“Corn oil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corn%20oil. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
corn oil
noun
: a yellow fatty oil obtained from the germ of corn kernels and used chiefly in salad oil, in soft soap, and in margarine
Medical Definition
corn oil
noun
: a yellow fatty oil obtained from the germ of Indian corn kernels that is used in medicine as a solvent and as a vehicle for injections
called also maize oil
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