margarin
English Thesaurus
1. a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | paste, spread, |
| definition | : | a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | stick, |
| definition | : | a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine (noun.food) |
| substance holonym | : | oil, vegetable oil, |
| definition | : | any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants (noun.food) |
| substance holonym | : | trans fatty acid, |
| definition | : | a fatty acid that has been produced by hydrogenating an unsaturated fatty acid (and so changing its shape); found in processed foods such as margarine and fried foods and puddings and commercially baked goods and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (noun.substance) |
2. a glyceryl ester of margaric acid (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | glyceryl ester, |
| definition | : | an ester of glycerol (noun.substance) |
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