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- [mahr-jer-in, -juh-reen, mahrj-rin]
- /ˈmɑr dʒər ɪn, -dʒəˌrin, ˈmɑrdʒ rɪn/
- /ˌmɑː.dʒəˈriːn/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [mahr-jer-in, -juh-reen, mahrj-rin]
- /ˈmɑr dʒər ɪn, -dʒəˌrin, ˈmɑrdʒ rɪn/
Definitions of margarine word
- noun margarine a butterlike product made of refined vegetable oils, sometimes blended with animal fats, and emulsified, usually with water or milk. 1
- noun margarine A butter substitute made from vegetable oils or animal fats. 1
- noun margarine vegetable oil spread 1
- variable noun margarine Margarine is a yellow substance made from vegetable oil and animal fats that is similar to butter. You spread it on bread or use it for cooking. 0
- noun margarine 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 0
- noun margarine a spread or cooking fat made of refined vegetable oils (and sometimes rendered animal fat) processed to the consistency of butter, often churned with pasteurized milk, or whey, and generally fortified with vitamins A and D 0
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Origin of margarine
First appearance:
before 1870 One of the 26% newest English words
1870-75; from French margarin, a glyceryl ester of margar(ic acid) + -in -ine2
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Parts of speech for Margarine
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margarine popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for margarine
noun margarine
- oil — any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- shortening — butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
- spread — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
- oleo — margarine.
- ghee — a kind of liquid butter, used especially in the cooking of India, made from the milk of cows or buffaloes and clarified by boiling.
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