Explore Margarine through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like oleo or marge. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Margarine in a sentence
Margarine meaning
- A spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter.
- The solid ingredient of human fat, olive oil, etc.
Using Margarine
- The main meaning on this page is: A spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter. | The solid ingredient of human fat, olive oil, etc.
- Useful related words include: margarin, oleo, oleomargarine, marge.
- In the example corpus, margarine often appears in combinations such as: margarine and, of margarine, the margarine.
Context around Margarine
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Margarine
- In this selection, "margarine" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, big, first, vegetable, factory, followed and frozen stand out and add context to how "margarine" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include boil the margarine cocoa water and both margarine and butter. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "margarine" sits close to words such as abaribe, abbasids and abstentions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with margarine
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Drizzle the margarine on top. (5 words)
Outside Magazine recently asked, “Is Sunscreen the New Margarine? (9 words)
This includes margarine, vegetable oils and various butter-like spreads. (10 words)
That's among the largest annual increases of any consumer good or service, bested only by prices for margarine, frozen vegetables, motor vehicle repair and meals at schools and employee sites, according to CPI data. (35 words)
Cube two large white onions into dime-sized chunks, melt a stick of light margarine and allow it to melt in a large frying pan, add onions and squash, salt, pepper, half-teaspoon sugar. (34 words)
Industry The margarine factory Hilter was well known for mining Hilter Gold ochre as well as its big margarine factory which owned one of the largest whaling fleets in the early 20th century. (33 words)
Outside Magazine recently asked, “Is Sunscreen the New Margarine? (9 words)
And who doesn’t feel guilty every time that margarine spreads so easily on the sandwiches you’re making for school lunch? (22 words)
Example sentences (20)
Industry The margarine factory Hilter was well known for mining Hilter Gold ochre as well as its big margarine factory which owned one of the largest whaling fleets in the early 20th century.
The first margarine was beef tallow flavored with milk and worked like butter; vegetable margarine followed after the development of hydrogenated oils around 1900.
Both margarine and butter have been victims of red-hot inflation over the last 20 months.
Drizzle the two sticks of melted margarine over the dry cake mix.
He denounced garlic crushers as he bashed a clove into oblivion with a pan, and championed butter over margarine (“not food”, he insists).
Outside Magazine recently asked, “Is Sunscreen the New Margarine?
That's among the largest annual increases of any consumer good or service, bested only by prices for margarine, frozen vegetables, motor vehicle repair and meals at schools and employee sites, according to CPI data.
We would sit in the kitchen and she would berate me for buying butter (it's so expensive!) instead of margarine.
A fire, intensified by the oil-based margarine production, spread rapidly, threatening nearby homes.
Here they expanded out of margarine, producing products such as Spry Crisp’N’Dry cooking oil and dehydrated products like McDonnell’s Cup A Soup.
Kostenuk wouldn’t disclose which oil her company is using, but said it stores hydrogen similar to how canola oil is turned into margarine, which is made from vegetable oils.
Use butter instead of margarine for better results, and he said Philadelphia brand cream cheese is the best.
Bring to a boil the margarine, cocoa, water, and shortening and pour it over the sugar, flour and salt mixture.
Cube two large white onions into dime-sized chunks, melt a stick of light margarine and allow it to melt in a large frying pan, add onions and squash, salt, pepper, half-teaspoon sugar.
And who doesn’t feel guilty every time that margarine spreads so easily on the sandwiches you’re making for school lunch?
Avoid trans-fatty acids that are found most often in, for example, French fries, cookies, onion rings, crackers, and margarine.
Drizzle the margarine on top.
Liquid butter alternatives are used in many instances where the butter or margarine is substituted at a cost significantly lower than the butter and zero grams of trans-fat per servings.
One cup flour, 1 cup quick oats, 1 cup loosely packed brown sugar and 1/2 cup softened margarine.
This includes margarine, vegetable oils and various butter-like spreads.
Common combinations with margarine
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- margarine and 5×
- of margarine 4×
- the margarine 3×
- and margarine 3×
- margarine factory 2×