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Definition of margarine noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

margarine

noun
 
/ˌmɑːdʒəˈriːn/
 
/ˈmɑːrdʒərən/
(also British English, informal marge
 
/mɑːdʒ/
 
/mɑːrdʒ/
)
[uncountable]
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  1. a yellow substance like butter made from animal or vegetable fats, used in cooking or spread on bread, etc.
    • Cream the margarine and sugar together.
    Extra Examples
    • Rub the margarine into the flour.
    • a tub of low-fat margarine
    • She took some margarine and spread it on the bread.
    Topics Foodb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • hard
    • soft
    • stick
    … of margarine
    • tub
    • stick
    verb + margarine
    • put on
    • spread (something with)
    • heat
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    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French, from Greek margaron ‘pearl’ (because of the lustre of the crystals of esters from which it was first made) + -ine.
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