Margarine Definition

märjərin
noun
A cooking fat or substitute for butter, made of refined vegetable oils (and sometimes rendered animal fat) processed to the consistency of butter, often churned with pasteurized milk or whey.
Webster's New World
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Singular:
margarine
Plural:
margarines

Origin of Margarine

  • French from Greek margaron pearl probably back-formation from margarītēs margarite

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French margarine (“margarin”), from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margaritēs, “pearl”).

    From Wiktionary

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