"clarified butter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: clarified butters [plural]
Etymology: From clarified + butter, from Middle English clarifien and buter. Earliest attestation of clarified in this sense from the 14th century. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|clarified|butter}} clarified + butter, {{inh|en|enm|clarifien}} Middle English clarifien, {{m|enm|buter}} buter Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} clarified butter (usually uncountable, plural clarified butters)
  1. A cooking fat made by gently heating butter and separating the solids from the butterfat. Wikipedia link: clarified butter Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Fats and oils Hyponyms: ghee Related terms: butter oil Translations (cooking fat made from butter): سمن (samn) [masculine] (Arabic), հալած յուղ (halac yuġ) (Armenian), ڕۆن (ron) (Central Kurdish), 液體黃油 (Chinese Mandarin), 液体黄油 (yètǐ huángyóu) (Chinese Mandarin), buterograso (Esperanto), kirkastettu voi (Finnish), beurre clarifié [masculine] (French), manteiga [feminine] (Galician), ერბო (erbo) (Georgian), Butterschmalz [masculine] (German), घी (ghī) [masculine] (Hindi), skírt smjör [neuter] (Icelandic), burro chiarificato [masculine] (Italian), 澄ましバター (sumashi-batā) (Japanese), rûn [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), царв (carv) (Ossetian), روغن گاو (roğan-e gâv) (Persian), گاوروغن (gâvroğan) (Persian), روغن حیوانی (roğan-e heyvâni) (Persian), masło klarowane [neuter] (Polish), manteiga clarificada [feminine] (Portuguese), unt clarificat [neuter] (Romanian), топлёное ма́сло (topljónoje máslo) [neuter] (Russian), घृत (ghṛta) [masculine] (Sanskrit), ڕۊن (rün) (Southern Kurdish), เนยใส (nəəi-sǎi) (Thai), peṣke (Tocharian B), گھی (ghī) [masculine] (Urdu), menyn gloyw [masculine] (Welsh), menyn clir [masculine] (Welsh), ron (diq) (Zazaki)

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  "word": "clarified butter"
}

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