margarine
noun /ˌmɑːdʒəˈriːn/
/ˈmɑːrdʒərən/
(also British English, informal marge
[uncountable] /mɑːdʒ/
/mɑːrdʒ/
)- a yellow substance like butter made from animal or vegetable fats, used in cooking or spread on bread, etc.Extra ExamplesTopics Foodb2
- Cream the margarine and sugar together.
- Rub the margarine into the flour.
- a tub of low-fat margarine
- She took some margarine and spread it on the bread.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hard
- soft
- stick
- …
- tub
- stick
- put on
- spread (something with)
- heat
- …
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French, from Greek margaron ‘pearl’ (because of the lustre of the crystals of esters from which it was first made) + -ine.