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oil down

oil down noun: meat, breadfruit, and vegetables cooked in coconut milk. Also the alternative form of oil-down.

Noun

oil down (countable and uncountable, plural oil downs)

  1. Meat, breadfruit, and vegetables cooked in coconut milk.
    • The objectives of the study were to assess consumers' perceptions to a breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis Fosberg) meal of oil down, to determine its nutritive composition and daily nutrient reference values.2005, Neela Badrie, Sophia Balfour, Kizza Ottle, Ivan Chang-Yen, “Nutrient Composition of a Commonly Consumed West Indian Meal of Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis Fosberg) Oil Down”, in Journal of...
    • She had told me of her love for humankind, her humanitarian efforts, and I had opened myself to her and had shared my culture with her, had brought her callaloo and doubles and oil down and pigeon peas.2013, Eric Jerome Dickey, The Education of Nia Simone Bijou, →ISBN
  2. Oil spill.
    • This time for me it was a very long day at the track and close to midnight. They had several oil downs that day and part of my prayer was - Thank you God for this day, sorry I have not talk to you more often.2006, Joseph Yarini -, Come So Far from Havana!, page 137
    • The car ran an Ed Donovan aluminum-block Hemi and I loved the engine in the rear — no oil downs, fires, or blower parts hitting you in the head.2007, Dave McClelland, Tom Madigan, Fuel and Guts, →ISBN, page 199

Also used as

oil down is also the alternative form of oil-down.

Examples of oil down in a sentence

  • Tricia didn't cook oil down too often, so when she did, he always ensured he got a hefty serving.2014, Jasmine Christine, The Bishop's Wife, →ISBN:
  • In session two which was run under the lights due to the oil downs and other incidents kinda threw a curve at some of the players.2017 November 8, Brian Losness, Kay Burk, “California Hot Rod Reunion at Bakersfield, CA”, in Drag Racing Magazine:

Forms of oil down

pluraloil downs

Questions about oil down

What does oil down mean?
Oil down means meat, breadfruit, and vegetables cooked in coconut milk.
How do you use oil down in a sentence?
Tricia didn't cook oil down too often, so when she did, he always ensured he got a hefty serving.
What part of speech is oil down?
Oil down is a noun.
What is the plural of oil down?
The plural of oil down is oil downs.

Words near oil down in the dictionary

  1. oil changes
  2. oil companies
  3. oil company
  4. oil diaper
  5. oil diapers
  6. oil down
  7. oil downs
  8. oil driller
  9. oil drillers
  10. oil drum
  11. oil drums

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