Margarine vs. Minarine

A spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter.

(dated) The solid ingredient of human fat, olive oil, etc.

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.

Example: ‘The word margarine shall mean all substances, whether compounds or otherwise, prepared in imitation of butter, and whether mixed with butter or not.’;

Margarin.

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

Margarine (, also UK: , US: (listen)) is a spread used for flavoring, baking and cooking. It is most often used as a substitute for butter.

A form of low-fat margarine.