'olive' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'olive' with 10 example sentences.
- olive adjective
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: of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive
- olive noun
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: small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil
: evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
: hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork
: one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
: a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation
Olive oil is extracted from olives.
This olive tree is very old.
Russian salad is made with potatoes, olives, tuna, and other vegetables.
Do we have any olive oil?
I'd rather use olive oil than butter.
Why does she apply olive oil on her lashes?
Capers are like little olives.
We'd like to order 18 tonnes of olive oil.
Better to extend an olive branch than launch a missile.
She planted fragrant olives in the garden.