linseed oil

noun

: a yellowish drying oil obtained from flaxseed and used especially in paint, varnish, printing ink, and linoleum

Examples of linseed oil in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Linoleum flooring is made with natural materials like cork, limestone, and linseed oil. —Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2025

Reigning in the room are smells of plaster, damp glue, cold tobacco, and linseed oil. —Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Harper's Magazine, 22 July 2024

While products like linseed oil or turpentine could help achieve this, Berrie suggests that mineral oil, or naphtha, was a game-changer thanks to its effectiveness in thinning paint and quickness to evaporate. —Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 11 Dec. 2024

If your tools have rough wooden handles, smooth the handles out with some sandpaper and apply linseed oil to the wood to prevent drying and cracking. —Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for linseed oil

• aerofoil
• cinquefoil
• hydrofoil
• quatrefoil
• airfoil
• benzoyl
• despoil
• embroil
• etoile
• gargoyle
• recoil
• subsoil

Kids Definition

linseed oil

noun

: a yellowish oil obtained from flaxseed and used especially in paint, varnish, printing ink, and linoleum

Medical Definition

linseed oil

noun

: a yellowish drying oil obtained from flaxseed and used in liniments, pastes, and green soap and in veterinary medicine as a laxative