margarine
UK/ˌmɑː.d͡ʒəˈɹiːn//ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒəˌɹin/
margarine noun: a spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter.
Noun
margarine (usually uncountable, plural margarines)
- A spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter.
- Synonyms:
- marg, marge, oleo, oleomargarine
- The solid ingredient of human fat, olive oil, etc.
Verb
margarine (third-person singular simple present margarines, present participle margarining, simple past and past participle margarined)
- To spread or cover (something) with margarine.
- Putting the finishing touches on her party dinner, this attractive hostess does the last minute job of margarining her rolls to serve piping hot to her guests.1952 May 15, “Pretty Hostess Adds Finishing Touch”, in C[harles] L[ee] Blanton, Jr., editor, Daily Sikeston Standard, volume 40, number 200, Sikeston, Mo.: Sikeston Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 2...
- She is margarining a slice of bread, rubbing the grease carefully into the crumb.1993, Helen Dunmore, chapter 16, in Zennor in Darkness, London: Penguin Books, published 1994, →ISBN, page 190
- Synonyms:
- marge
margarine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
margarine in Hindi
- spread
- मार्जरीन mārjarīn
margarine in Tamil
- செயற்கை வெண்ணெய், மார்கரின்
margarine in Urdu
- spread
- مارجرین mārjarīn
margarine in Bengali
- spread
- মার্জারিন marjarin
More languagesFewer languages
- margarine in Malayalam
- മുത്തുപോലുളള ഒരു സാധനം, ഒരുവക അഭ്രം, വെണ്ണപോലുളള കൊഴുപ്പ്
- margarine in Kannada
- ಎಣ್ಣೆಬೆಣ್ಣೆ, ಕೃತಕ ಬೆಣ್ಣೆ, ವನಸ್ಪತಿ ಬೆಣ್ಣೆ, ಜಿಡ್ಡು ಪದಾರ್ಥ
- margarine in Tagalog
- margarina
- margarine in Arabic
- سَمْن نَبَاتِيّ samn nabātiyy
- margarine in Malay
- marjerin
- margarine in Indonesian
- margarin
- margarine in Persian
- مارگارین mârgârin
- margarine in Thai
- เนยเทียม nəəi-tiiam
- margarine in Vietnamese
- bơ thực vật
Examples of margarine in a sentence
- The buttery-tasting cookie was actually made with margarine, but you couldn't tell by tasting it.
- This warm margarine is much more spreadable than that lump of cold butter.
- She added a tub of margarine to the stew.
Synonyms of margarine
Forms of margarine
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | margarines |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | margarines |
| present participle | margarining |
| past participle | margarined |
| past | margarined |
Origin of margarine
Borrowed from French margarine, from acide margarique (“margaric acid”), from Ancient Greek μάργαρον (márgaron, “pearl”), in allusion to its pearly lustre, with the suffix -ine, influenced by glycérine (“glycerine”). French chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul named margaric acid after its pearl-like crystallization.
Words formed from margarine
Questions about margarine
- What does margarine mean?
- Margarine means a spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter.
- What is margarine in Hindi?
- Margarine in Hindi is मार्जरीन (mārjarīn). See Margarine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is margarine?
- Margarine can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce margarine?
- Margarine is pronounced /ˌmɑː.d͡ʒəˈɹiːn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of margarine?
- The plural of margarine is margarines.
Words near margarine in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: margarine (page history and authors); margarine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); margarine (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); margarine (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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