cooking oil
nounUK /ˈkʊk.ɪŋ ɔɪl/
US /ˈkʊk.ɪŋ ɔɪl/
A liquid made from plants or animals that people use to cook food.
She poured a little cooking oil into the pan before frying the eggs.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Oil used as fuel for lamps or stoves.
The old lamp burned cooking oil instead of kerosene.
3. A type of oil used in industrial cooking or food processing.
The factory buys cooking oil in large drums.
4. Oil that has been used for frying and is often recycled.
They collect used cooking oil to make biodiesel.