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Meanings of rape oil in English

Portuguese
azeite de colza
Catalan
oli de colza

Edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant.

        azeite de colza
        Synonyms
        Examples for "rapeseed oil"
        Examples for "rapeseed oil"
        1
        Place in a blender and cover with some extra virgin Irish rapeseed oil.
        The Irish Times
        2
        The esters were prepared by transesterification of sitostanol with rapeseed oil fatty acids.
        Pubmed
        3
        Olive oil, rapeseed oil, butter and goose fat produced far fewer harmful chemicals.
        The Daily Telegraph
        4
        Biodiesel is mostly made from rapeseed oil in Europe.
        Reuters
        5
        With the motor running, gradually add the rapeseed oil and process until thick and creamy.
        The Irish Times
        1
        He was saturated in colza oil, and the smashed tin lay beside him, but luckily the flame had been extinguished by his fall.
        Twelve Stories and a Dream
        2
        A certain freshman, stealing down his staircase with a can of colza oil to feed the flames, was confronted by our missing Senior Fellow.
        The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
        3
        Colza oil is generally used, though the electric light, by its steady brilliance, is likely to supersede all others, when very great intensity is required.
        Grace Darling, Heroine of the Farne Islands
        Usage of rape oil in English
        1
        They are producing biofuel from crushing rape oil seeds.
        The Irish Times
        2
        For rape oil the limit is 50 per cent., and in smaller quantities the oil does not collect on the alcoholic solution.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883
        3
        That is a reversal from May, when the price of sun oil was $100 a tonne higher than the rape oil price.
        Reuters
        4
        Due to tight supply, the price of sun oil in Europe is currently $50 a tonne lower than the price of rape oil.
        Reuters
        5
        Rape oil is entirely insoluble and floats like oil on the surface.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883
        6
        Rape oil is now used extensively for locomotives, for marine engines, and also for burning in lamps.
        The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom / Considered in...
        Translations for rape oil
        Portuguese
        azeite de colza