Margarine

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Margarine \Mar"ga*rine\ (m[aum]r"j[u^]*r[i^]n;
     m[aum]r`j[u^]*r[=e]n"), n. [F.; see {margarin}.]
     1. A processed food product used as an inexpensive substitute
        for butter, made primarily from refined vegetable oils,
        sometimes including animal fats, and churned with skim
        milk to form a semisolid emulsion; also called


        {oleomargarine}; artificial butter.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
  
              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).
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. Margarin.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  margarine
       n : a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a
           substitute for butter [syn: {margarin}, {oleo}, {oleomargarine},
            {marge}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "margarine":
     butter, buttermilk, certified milk, cheese, condensed milk, cream,
     dairy products, ghee, half-and-half, heavy cream, light cream,
     milk, nonfat dry milk, oleo, oleomargarine, raw milk, skim milk,
     sour cream, whey, whipping cream, yogurt