Meaning & use
safflower oil
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Meanings
noununcountable
A pale cooking oil pressed from safflower seeds, also used in skin and hair products.
Grammar: Uncountable: say some safflower oil or a bottle of safflower oil, not two safflower oils.
Patterns
- cook with safflower oil
- a bottle of safflower oil
- safflower oil is high in ...
She fries the vegetables in safflower oil because it has a mild taste.
This brand of safflower oil is sold next to the olive oil.
Some lotions contain safflower oil to keep the skin soft.
nouncountable or uncountabletechnical
One of two kinds of this oil, different in the type of fat they contain.
Grammar: Can be countable when talking about types: a high-oleic safflower oil.
Patterns
- high-oleic safflower oil
- high-linoleic safflower oil
- a type of safflower oil
High-oleic safflower oil is better for frying at high heat.
High-linoleic safflower oil is often chosen for cosmetic products.
Common combinations
- cook with safflower oil
- Many people cook with safflower oil instead of butter.
- a bottle of safflower oil
- He bought a bottle of safflower oil at the supermarket.
- high-oleic safflower oil
- High-oleic safflower oil stays stable when heated.
- safflower oil is high in ...
- This safflower oil is high in vitamin E.
- use safflower oil for ...
- Use safflower oil for salad dressings and light frying.
Synonyms and how they differ
- sunflower oil
- A similar light cooking oil from sunflower seeds; the two are often used in the same way but have slightly different flavors.
- vegetable oil
- A general name for many plant oils; safflower oil is one specific type of vegetable oil.
- canola oil
- Another neutral cooking oil, but made from rapeseed; it is not the same product.
Word family
- safflower noun
- The plant with orange or yellow flowers whose seeds produce the oil.
Commonly confused: safflower oil or saffron?
safflower oil vs saffron
Saffron is a red spice from crocus flowers; safflower is a different plant grown for its oil and seeds.
Practice
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Choose one answer.
'Safflower oil' is uncountable, so 'in safflower oil' is correct. 'A safflower oil' and 'two safflower oils' wrongly treat it as a countable item.
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