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olein

olein noun: any naturally-occurring greasy or oily substance related to fat.

Noun

olein (countable and uncountable, plural oleins)

  1. Any naturally-occurring greasy or oily substance related to fat.
    • Holonym: oleo oil
  2. Any glyceride of oleic acid

olein meaning in Tamil

olein in Tamil

ஒலின், ஒலீயின்

Forms of olein

pluraloleins
alternative formelain
alternative formelaine
alternative formoleine

Origin of olein

From oleo- + -in.

Words formed from olein

Questions about olein

What does olein mean?
Olein means any naturally-occurring greasy or oily substance related to fat.
What is olein in Tamil?
Olein in Tamil is ஒலின், ஒலீயின். See Olein meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is olein?
Olein is a noun.
What is the plural of olein?
The plural of olein is oleins.

Words near olein in the dictionary

  1. oleiculture
  2. oleicum
  3. oleiferin
  4. oleiferins
  5. oleiferous
  6. olein
  7. oleine
  8. oleines
  9. oleins
  10. Olejnik
  11. Olejniks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: olein (page history and authors); olein (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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