Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)A cooking fat made by gently heating butter and separating the solids from the butterfat.

    Butterschmalz

    топлёное ма́слоtopljónoje máslo

    butter made clear by heating and removing the sediment of milk solids

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
cooking fat made from butter:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
cooking fat made from butter:

Origin

From clarified + butter, from Middle English clarifien and buter. Earliest attestation of

From clarified + butter, from Middle English clarifien and buter. Earliest attestation of clarified in this sense from the 14th century.

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Forms

plural: clarified butters
Singularclarified butter

uncountable

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • butter made clear by heating and removing the sediment of milk solids:drawn butter

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbutter oil

See also

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