DRYING OIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drying oil mean? 

• DRYING OIL (noun)
  The noun DRYING OIL has 1 sense:

1. an oil that hardens in air due to oxidation and is often used as a paint or varnish base

  Familiarity information: DRYING OIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRYING OIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An oil that hardens in air due to oxidation and is often used as a paint or varnish base

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("drying oil" is a kind of...):

oil; vegetable oil (any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants)

animal oil (any oil obtained from animal substances)

 Context examples 

The essential oil of Perilla frutescens (note: the seed oil is the more common, traditionally used as a lamp oil and as drying oil finish).

(Perilla frutescens Leaf Oil, NCI Thesaurus)