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mar·ga·rine

also mar·ga·rin (mär′jər-ĭn)

A fatty solid butter substitute consisting of a blend of hydrogenated vegetable oils mixed with emulsifiers, vitamins, coloring matter, and other ingredients.

[French, from Greek margaron, pearl, probably back-formation from margarītēs; see margarite.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

margarine

(ˌmɑːdʒəˈriːn; ˌmɑːɡə-)

(Cookery) 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

[C19: from margaric]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

mar•ga•rine

(ˈmɑr dʒər ɪn, -dʒəˌrin, ˈmɑrdʒ rɪn)

n.

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

[1870–75, Amer.; < French: orig., a glyceride of margaric acid =(acide) margar(ique) + -ine -ine²]

Oleomargarine

The original name of what is now called Margarine.

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Noun

margarine - a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter

marge, oleo, oleomargarine, margarin

vegetable oil, oil - any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants

stick - a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine

paste, spread - a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes

trans fatty acid - a fatty acid that has been produced by hydrogenating an unsaturated fatty acid (and so changing its shape); found in processed foods such as margarine and fried foods and puddings and commercially baked goods and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils

Translations

مرجرينمَرْغَرِينٌ

margarín

margarine

margariini

margarin

smjörlíki

margarina

マーガリン

마가린

margarinas

margarīns

margarín

margarina

margarin

มาการีน

margarin

bơ thực vật

人造黄油

margarine

[ˌmɑːdʒəˈriːn] N → margarina f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

margarine

[ˌmɑː^rdʒəˈriːn] n → margarine f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

margarine

, marge (inf)

n → Margarine f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

margarine

[ˌmɑːdʒəˈriːn] n → margarina

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

margarine

(ˈmaːdʒəriːn) noun

(abbreviation marge (maːdʒ) ) a butter-like substance made mainly from vegetable fats. We use margarine instead of butter.

margarine

→ مَرْغَرِينٌ margarín margarine Margarine μαργαρίνη margarina margariini margarine margarin margarina マーガリン 마가린 margarine margarin margaryna margarina маргарин margarin มาการีน margarin bơ thực vật 人造黄油

margarine

n margarina

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