oleomargarine

CEFRB2

/ˌoʊlioʊˈmɑːrdʒərɪn/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A butter-like spread made mainly from vegetable oils.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Synonym of margarine.

Examples

  • The bakery used oleomargarine instead of butter.

  • Oleomargarine is a common butter substitute.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A fatty substance obtained by solidifying purified beef fat, used to make the butter substitute margarine; also, (US) the butter substitute produced in this way, margarine.

More examples

In context

  • She used oleomargarine instead of butter.

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

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

For low-fat breakfast, she spread blank on her toast instead of butter.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From French oléomargarine, from oléo- (“oleo-”) + margarine (“margarin”).