Thesaurus: margarine
a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
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Definitions
- n. a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
- 1. word/artificial">Artificial word/butter">butter; oleomargarine. The word margarine shall mean all substances, whether compounds or otherwise, prepared in imitation of butter, and whether mixed with butter or not. Margarine Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 29). 2. Margarin.
- n:100 n. a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter