Manzanilla olive

Meaning

1. 1nouncountable

   A medium-sized green olive from Spain with a mild, slightly salty taste, commonly cured in brine and often sold stuffed.

   Grammar: Takes a/the or plural: a Manzanilla olive, a jar of Manzanilla olives.

   Patterns

   • a jar of Manzanilla olives
   • stuffed with something

   She stuffed each Manzanilla olive with a piece of garlic.

   The martini was garnished with a Manzanilla olive.

   A bowl of Manzanilla olives sat on the table with the cheese.

Word forms

Common combinations

pimento-stuffed Manzanilla olives

He grabbed a jar of pimento-stuffed Manzanilla olives.

brined Manzanilla olives

Brined Manzanilla olives are a staple in Spanish bars.

pitted Manzanilla olives

She added pitted Manzanilla olives to the pasta sauce.

a jar of Manzanilla olives

We opened a jar of Manzanilla olives for the party.

Spanish Manzanilla olive

The recipe called for a Spanish Manzanilla olive.

Synonyms and how they differ

green olive

Green olive is a general term for an unripe olive, while Manzanilla names a specific variety.

table olive

Table olive means any olive sold for eating, not oil, so it is much broader.

Spanish olive

Spanish olive tells only the country, whereas Manzanilla names the variety.

Word family

olive noun

the small oily fruit used for eating and for oil

olive oil noun

oil pressed from olives

olive tree noun

the tree that grows olives

manzanilla noun

also a dry Spanish sherry and a chamomile tea

Commonly confused: Manzanilla olive or Kalamata olive?

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