GROUNDNUT OIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does groundnut oil mean? 

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

1. an oil from peanuts; used in cooking and making soap

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GROUNDNUT OIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An oil from peanuts; used in cooking and making soap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

groundnut oil; peanut oil

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

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

Holonyms ("groundnut oil" is a substance of...):

peanut (underground pod of the peanut vine)

Domain region:

Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)