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truffle oil

truffle oil noun: a cooking ingredient consisting of flavorless oil infused with truffle (or a synthetic flavor compound supposed to resemble it).

Noun

truffle oil (countable and uncountable, plural truffle oils)

  1. A cooking ingredient consisting of flavorless oil infused with truffle (or a synthetic flavor compound supposed to resemble it).
    • Substances float around each other until you crush them all with a blender. Add a bit of white miso, lemon juice, truffle oil, chives: survey your wreckage, which will be the wrong colour (cream with a hint of grey) and the wrong consistency (gluey).2018 July 19, Zoe Williams, “Can ditching meat and dairy open up new taste sensations? My week as a foodie vegan”, in The Guardian

Forms of truffle oil

pluraltruffle oils

Origin of truffle oil

From truffle + oil.

Questions about truffle oil

What does truffle oil mean?
Truffle oil means a cooking ingredient consisting of flavorless oil infused with truffle (or a synthetic flavor compound supposed to resemble it).
What part of speech is truffle oil?
Truffle oil is a noun.
What is the plural of truffle oil?
The plural of truffle oil is truffle oils.

Words near truffle oil in the dictionary

  1. truffle
  2. truffle butter
  3. truffle butters
  4. truffle hog
  5. truffle hogs
  6. truffle oil
  7. truffle oils
  8. truffle pig
  9. truffle pigs
  10. truffle shuffle
  11. truffle shuffles

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