margarine

[ mahr-jer-in, -juh-reen, mahrj-rin ]

/ ˈmɑr dʒər ɪn, -dʒəˌrin, ˈmɑrdʒ rɪn /

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noun

a butterlike product made of refined vegetable oils, sometimes blended with animal fats, and emulsified, usually with water or milk.

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Also called oleomargarine.

Origin of margarine

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

Words nearby margarine

Margaret of Scotland, Margaret of Valois, Margaret Rose, margaric, margaric acid, margarine, margarita, margaritaceous, margarite, margate, Margaux

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How to use margarine in a sentence

Folksy, apple-faced Jim spread the word of God like margarine, greasing the wheels to entice the folks at home to call in with their donations.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye Turns the Fallen Televangelist into Camp Curiosity|Stephanie Zacharek|September 17, 2021|Time
Combine the potatoes with the sugar and margarine in a mixer set on low.
How to Eat Delmarvelously|jversteegh|July 8, 2021|Outside Online
Palm oil was first used to dye margarine yellow, but it turned out to be a perfect main ingredient because it stayed firm at room temperature and melted in the mouth, just like butter.
The fascinating and complex rise of palm oil|Purbita Saha|June 29, 2021|Popular-Science
The Girl Scouts uses palm oil to make its cookies, as do manufacturers of ice cream, crackers, packaged breads, and margarine.
Our Taste for Cheap Palm Oil Is Killing Chimpanzees|Carrie Arnold|July 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Bread with corn-based margarine spread and tomato slices with salt.
Shani Boianjiu: How I Write|Noah Charney|July 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then the vanilla and the melted butter or margarine.
Roast Chicken, Eggplant Pancakes, Cranberry-Walnut Tart|The Daily Beast|December 23, 2008|DAILY BEAST
If it does not satisfy the mannequin demand for "beauty" it at least refuses to accept margarine substitutes.
Instigations|Ezra Pound
The missus says weve got to economize, so weve to have margarine at meals in the kitchen.
Anecdotes of the Great War|Carleton Britton Case
For as often as not we send her up the margarine and have the butter ourselves.
Anecdotes of the Great War|Carleton Britton Case
Beef suet consists of stearine, margarine, and oleine; mutton and goat suet contain a little hircine.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
Since then we have had to resign ourselves to margarine, glucose, and other products which have become vast staples of commerce.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2|Elizabeth Bisland

British Dictionary definitions for margarine

margarine

/ (ˌmɑːdʒəˈriːn, ˌmɑːɡə-) /

noun

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

Word Origin for margarine

C19: from margaric

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