Ghee

//ɡʰiː// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking. uncountable, usually

    "Of the medicines for relaxing the body; ghee, oil, charbi, marrow, and such are to be used; of these ghee is the best, as it is produced from milk, which is obtained from the cow."

  2. 2
    clarified butter used in Indian cookery wordnet
  3. 3
    Vegetable oil for cooking. South-Asia, uncountable, usually

    "There are two kinds of ghee. Usli ghee or clarified butter is used rarely, partly because of its expense and partly because Indians consider it "heavy". The more commonly used ghee is a mixture of various vegetable oils."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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buttercheesecreamcurddairy productsfat

Example

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"Ghee is just rendered fat made from butter."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani گھی (ghī) / घी (ghī), from Sanskrit घृत (ghṛta, “sprinkled”). First attested in the late 17th century.

Related phrases

butter oilclarified buttersouth asiausli gheevegetable oil

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