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oleomargarine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables
oleo-mar-garine
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: oléomargarine

Usage

Inflected Forms

oleomargarines (plural)

Phrases

oleo oil

Frequently Paired Words

linoleum oleo oil petroleum oleo

Synonyms

margarine margarin oleo marge

Questions

What does oleomargarine mean?
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.
Where does oleomargarine come from?
It is traced to French.

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