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oleomargarines

oleomargarines is the plural of oleomargarine.

Meaning of oleomargarine

Noun

oleomargarine (countable and uncountable, plural oleomargarines)

  1. (dated) A fatty substance obtained by solidifying purified beef fat, used to make the butter substitute margarine; also, (US) the butter substitute produced in this way, margarine.
    • She [...] found that she had no butter, only oleomargarine.1973, Toni Morrison, Sula, Chatto & Windus (1993), page 153

Questions about oleomargarines

What is oleomargarines the plural of?
Oleomargarines is the plural of oleomargarine.

Words near oleomargarines in the dictionary

  1. oleolysis
  2. oleolytic
  3. oleomancy
  4. oleomargaric acid
  5. oleomargarine
  6. oleomargarines
  7. oleometer
  8. oleometers
  9. oleon
  10. oleone
  11. oleophilic

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