mar‧ga‧rine /ˌmɑːdʒəˈriːn, ˌmɑːɡə- $ ˈmɑːrdʒərən/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: Greek margaron 'pearl']
a yellow substance similar to butter but made from vegetable or animal fats, which you eat with bread or use for cooking

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margarine
noun
ADJ. hard | soft | low-fat, polyunsaturated a tub of low-fat margarine
sunflower, vegetable
QUANT. tub
VERB + MARGARINE put on, spread (sth with) She put some margarine on her roll. Spread some margarine on the toast, please.
heat, melt, soften | beat (in), cream, mix, rub in Cream the margarine and sugar together. Rub the margarine into the flour.
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