Synonyms for olive
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : ol-iv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒl ɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for olive Other synonyms for the word olive
Définition of olive
Origin :- c.1200, "olive tree," from Old French olive "olive, olive tree" (13c.) or directly from Latin oliva "olive, olive tree," from Greek elaia "olive tree, olive," probably from the same Aegean language (perhaps Cretan) as Armenian ewi "oil." Applied to the fruit or berry of the tree in English from late 14c. As a color from 17c. Olive branch as a token of peace is from early 13c.
- As in tawny : adj brownish
- As in green : adj emerald in color
- As in tan : noun light brown
- I have kissed your olive wreath, where it hangs above our altar at home.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
- It was twined of Olympic olive leaves and Apollo's own laurel.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
- Garnish each fillet with a Spanish olive stuffed with anchovy.
- Extract from : « The Cook's Decameron: A Study in Taste: » by Mrs. W. G. Waters
- Now, having gone through the fruit course––and is not the olive a fruit?
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- After a month he wanted all the cooking done with olive oil.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- During three successive years the olive harvest was an abundant one.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- But the fusillade had begun afresh, this time on the left, in the olive plantations.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- I have corn and olive trees, I have almond trees and vines and land, like any bourgeois.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- Then there is the olive, and the mulberry for serici-culture.
- Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
- This should consist of half a pint of olive oil, two ounces of white wax, and three drams of the sugar of lead finely powdered.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
Antonyms for olive
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