gutter oil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Illicit cooking oil that has been recycled from waste oil collected from restaurant fryers, slaughterhouses, sewage, etc.

Word forms

gutter oil

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 地溝油/地沟油 (dìgōuyóu).

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