corn oil

noun

: a yellow fatty oil obtained from the germ of corn kernels and used chiefly as salad oil, in soft soap, and in margarine

Examples of corn oil in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Lined up next to the bottles of basics such as canola, vegetable, and corn oil are relatively exotic—and expensive—options: grapeseed oil, pumpkin-seed oil, walnut oil. —Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 21 June 2024

Vegetable, canola, and corn oil are good bets for baking and have a high smoke point and neutral flavor. —Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2024

Seed oils are oils that have been extracted from compressed seeds, such as canola oil, corn oil, sunflower oil, or soybean oil. —Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2023

Even better, converting tallow, used cooking oil and distillers corn oil to RD could achieve up to 86% lower GHG than petroleum diesel, but these feedstocks have a very limited supply. —Steven Carlini, Forbes, 5 May 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

corn oil

noun

: a yellow fatty oil obtained from the germ of corn kernels and used chiefly in salad oil, in soft soap, and in margarine

Medical Definition

corn oil

noun

: a yellow fatty oil obtained from the germ of Indian corn kernels that is used in medicine as a solvent and as a vehicle for injections

called also maize oil