margarine

[ mahr-jer-in, -juh-reen, mahrj-rin ]
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noun
  1. a butterlike product made of refined vegetable oils, sometimes blended with animal fats, and emulsified, usually with water or milk.

Origin of margarine

1
1870–75; from French margarin, a glyceryl ester of margar(ic acid) + -in -ine2

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margarine

/ (ˌmɑːdʒəˈriːn, ˌmɑːɡə-) /


noun
  1. a substitute for butter, prepared from vegetable and animal fats by emulsifying them with water and adding small amounts of milk, salt, vitamins, colouring matter, etc

Origin of margarine

1
C19: from margaric

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