margarine (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *margarine*:
NOUN	food	margarine, margarin, oleo, oleomargarine, marge	a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter

margarine > pronunciation
Sounds	maa'rjherahn
Rhymes	Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...

English > *margarine*: 1 sense > noun 1, food
Meaning	A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
Synonyms	margarin, oleo, oleomargarine, marge
Narrower	stick	A rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
Broader	spread, paste	A tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
Substances	trans fatty acid	A fatty acid that has been produced by hydrogenating an unsaturated fatty acid (and so changing its shape)
Substances	vegetable oil, oil	Any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
Spanish	margarina, oleo
Catalan	margarina

HyperDic: margarine