peanut oil

noun

A light oil extracted from peanuts (groundnuts), used mainly for cooking.

Similar
groundnut oil

Meanings

nounpeanut oil (usually uncountable, plural peanut oils)

plural peanut oils

  1. uncountableusuallyA light oil extracted from peanuts (groundnuts), used mainly for cooking.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan oil from peanuts; used in cooking and making soap

Similar
groundnut oil

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 花生油
  • 花生油 (faa¹ sang¹ jau⁴)oil extracted from peanuts
Chinese Mandarin 花生油
  • 花生油 (huāshēngyóu)oil extracted from peanuts
Finnish maapähkinäöljy
  • maapähkinäöljyoil extracted from peanuts
French huile d’arachide
  • huile d’arachideoil extracted from peanuts
German Erdnussöl
  • Erdnussöloil extracted from peanuts
Greek αραχιδέλαιο
  • αραχιδέλαιο (arachidélaio)oil extracted from peanuts
Hungarian földimogyoróolaj
  • földimogyoróolajoil extracted from peanuts
Polish olej arachidowy
  • olej arachidowyoil extracted from peanuts
Swedish jordnötsolja
  • jordnötsoljaoil extracted from peanuts
Cite this entry
APA

peanut oil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peanut%20oil

MLA

“peanut oil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peanut%20oil. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peanut oil,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peanut%20oil.

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