Definition

1. Noun:
   • Cooking oil: A fat in liquid form at room temperature, extracted from plants, seeds, or sometimes animals, used primarily for frying, sautéing, or as an ingredient in food preparation.
   • Edible oil: Any oil that is safe and intended for human consumption, as opposed to industrial or fuel oils.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tôi cần mua một chai dầu ăn mới. (I need to buy a new bottle of cooking oil.)
  • Dầu ăn ô liu tốt cho sức khỏe. (Olive oil is good for health.)
  • Chiên cá trong dầu ăn nóng. (Fry the fish in hot cooking oil.)

Advanced Usage

• "dầu ăn thực vật": vegetable cooking oil.

  • Dầu ăn thực vật thường được làm từ đậu nành hoặc hướng dương. (Vegetable cooking oil is often made from soybeans or sunflowers.)

• "dầu ăn đã qua sử dụng": used cooking oil.

  • Không nên tái sử dụng dầu ăn đã qua sử dụng nhiều lần. (You should not reuse cooking oil that has been used many times.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dầu thực vật (n): Vegetable oil. A broader term that includes oils for both cooking and other uses.

  • Dầu dừa là một loại dầu thực vật. (Coconut oil is a type of vegetable oil.)

• Dầu (n): Oil. A general term for any viscous liquid (e.g., crude oil, machine oil, essential oil). Context determines if it's edible.

  • Dầu máy (machine oil), dầu hỏa (kerosene).

Synonyms

• Dầu thực phẩm: Food-grade oil.
• Chất béo lỏng: Liquid fat.

Related Phrases

• Đun nóng dầu ăn: To heat cooking oil.

  • Đun nóng dầu ăn trước khi cho hành vào. (Heat the cooking oil before adding the onions.)

• Thấm dầu ăn: To absorb oil/to blot oil (e.g., with paper towel).

  • Thấm bớt dầu ăn trên miếng thịt chiên. (Blot the excess oil from the fried meat piece.)

Related Idioms

(Note: There are no common idioms specifically for "dầu ăn". It is a practical, everyday term.)

1. Table oil