Margarine

n.	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. 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.

Noun

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margarine - a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter Synonyms: marge, oleo, oleomargarine, margarin

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