[ ɒ'lɛstrə ]
■ noun trademark a synthetic calorie-free substitute for fat in foods, able to pass through the body without being absorbed.
Origin
1980s: from (p)ol(y)est(e)r + the suffix -a .
[ ɒ'lɛstrə ]
■ noun trademark a synthetic calorie-free substitute for fat in foods, able to pass through the body without being absorbed.
Origin
1980s: from (p)ol(y)est(e)r + the suffix -a .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004