noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Margarine. countable, dated, uncountable

   "She [...] found that she had no butter, only oleomargarine."

2. 2
   a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

buttercheesecreamcurddairy productsfat

Example

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"She [...] found that she had no butter, only oleomargarine."

Etymology

From oleo- + margarine.

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