truffle oil

noun

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

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Meanings

nountruffle oil (countable and uncountable, plural truffle oils)

plural truffle oils

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

    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).

    2018 July 19, Zoe Williams, “Can ditching meat and dairy open up new taste sensations? My week as a foodie vegan”, in The Guardian

Origin

From truffle + oil.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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