essential oil
A volatile oil, used to make perfumes and flavorings, especially one having the…A volatile oil, used to make perfumes and flavorings, especially one having the characteristic odor of the plant from which it is obtained.
» Chamomile is so popular in essential oils.
Meaning
1 sensesA volatile oil, used to make perfumes and flavorings, especially one having the characteristic odor of the plant from which it is obtained.
ätherisches Öl
эфи́рное ма́слоefírnoje máslo
an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes; used in perfume and flavorings
Examples
7 sentencesChamomile is so popular in essential oils.
Ziri mixed bath salts with essential oils.
Benedito's spa has a custom-blended essential oil bar.
The smell of all the essential oils is making me sick.
Silvia has cupboards full of jars of essential oil that she herself distills.
Translations
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Origin
Containing the essence of the plant's fragrance.Containing the essence of the plant's fragrance.
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Forms
plural: essential oils| Singular | essential oil |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes; used in perfume and flavorings:volatile oil