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Buttermilk

//ˈbʌtɚˌmɪlk// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk. countable, uncountable

    "An anti-aphrodisiac, suggested in Hindu erotological literature as a way for women to negate amatory challenges, is to bathe in the buttermilk of a she-buffalo."

  2. 2
    residue from making butter from sour raw milk; or pasteurized milk curdled by adding a culture wordnet
  3. 3
    Cultured buttermilk, a fermented dairy product produced from cow's milk, with a characteristically sour taste. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A light yellow color, like that of buttermilk. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English butter-melke, equivalent to butter + milk. Cognate with German Low German Bottermelk (“buttermilk”), German Buttermilch (“buttermilk”).

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