margarine
nounfeminine/mɐɾɡɐˈɾinɐ/high
mar·ga·ri·na
Definition
A food product, solid or creamy, made from emulsified vegetable (and sometimes animal) fats with water, used as a butter substitute.
She used margarine for frying the onions.
This recipe calls for margarine or butter.
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Common collocations
vegetable margarinetub of margarinemargarine spreadlight margarine
Etymology
Do francês 'margarine', do grego 'margaron' (pérola, pela sua aparência nacarada).