cold-pressed
cold-pressed — adjective
1. Made by pressing fruit, nuts, seeds, or vegetables without warming them first, s
Made by pressing fruit, nuts, seeds, or vegetables without warming them first, so their oil or juice is taken out gently.
The cafe serves cold-pressed carrot juice with breakfast every morning.
collocation: cold-pressed carrot juice
Noor chose a cold-pressed sesame oil for her noodle salad.
cold-pressed + oil before a noun
These soaps contain cold-pressed avocado oil from a local farm.
The label says the drink is cold-pressed, not cooked or filtered.
At the market, Ingrid bought a bottle of cold-pressed apple juice.
- fresh-pressed
stresses recent pressing, but does not always guarantee that no heat was used
- raw
broader and often used for uncooked food, not specifically for the extraction method
- unrefined
focuses on later processing, while cold-pressed focuses on the first extraction step
- heat-treated
processed with added heat rather than kept cool during extraction
- refined
usually describes oil that has gone through extra processing after extraction
文法句型
cold-pressed + noun
be + cold-pressed
用法筆記
Most often used before oil or juice products on food labels and menus. In predicative use, it usually describes how a drink or oil was produced rather than how it tastes.
常見錯誤
cold-pressed — verb
1. To remove oil or juice from fruit, nuts, seeds, or vegetables by pressing them w
To remove oil or juice from fruit, nuts, seeds, or vegetables by pressing them without adding outside heat.
The small factory cold-pressed the almonds before bottling the oil.
cold-press + object in production contexts
Workers cold-pressed the oranges at dawn for the morning delivery.
Anjali cold-pressed the flax seeds in a hand-operated machine.
The company cold-pressed the coconut meat to keep its mild flavor.
Farmers cold-pressed the sunflower seeds on site after harvest.
- heat-process
adds heat as part of processing instead of keeping the material cool
- cook
uses heat on the material rather than avoiding it
文法句型
cold-press + object
用法筆記
Usually used in food or cosmetic production for ingredients such as nuts, seeds, fruit, or vegetables. Distinguish it from the adjective sense, which describes the finished product rather than the extraction action.