Oleo

/ˈəʊlɪˌəʊ/

/ˈoʊɫiˌoʊ/

[noun]

Oleo

[NOUN]

a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter

synonyms : margarin

margarine

marge

oleomargarine

Examples

1. You may know some of them, like Óleo, a restaurant guide.

2. During landing approaches, it was found that oil from the opened hydraulically-powered cowl flaps could spatter onto the windscreen, severely reducing visibility, and the undercarriage oleo struts had bad rebound characteristics on landing, allowing the aircraft to bounce down the carrier deck.

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