Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
A diminutive of the female given names Marjorie or Margaret.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Margin; edge; brink or verge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Clipping of margarine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable, usually
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noun
Mother.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Multicultural-London-English
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Synonyms: dam, mater, matriarch, mother, Colloquial or slang synonyms:, ma, mam, mama, mamaw, mamma, mammaw, mammy, mamsie, mamsy, meemaw, memaw, minnie, mom, moms, momma, mommy, momsy, motherling, mum, mummy, mumsy, mutha, old lady
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verb
To add margarine to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Synonyms: margarine
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noun
a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: margarine, margarin, oleo, oleomargarine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spread, paste
Narrower terms: stick
History
From French marge, from Latin margo. Doublet of margin and margo.
Clipping of margarine.
