Ghee vs. Butter

Gheenoun

A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee.

Gheenoun

(South Asia) Vegetable oil for cooking.

Gheenoun

Butter clarified by boiling, and thus converted into a kind of oil.

Gheenoun

clarified butter used in Indian cookery

Ghee

Ghee (Sanskrit: Ghṛta) is a class of clarified butter that originated in ancient India. It is commonly used in cuisine of the Indian subcontinent, Middle Eastern cuisine, traditional medicine, and religious rituals.

Butternoun

A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).

Butternoun

Any of various foodstuffs made from other foods or oils, similar in consistency to, eaten like or intended as a substitute for butter (preceded by the name of the food used to make it).

Butternoun

Any specific soft substance.

Butternoun

Someone who butts, or who butts in.

Butterverb

(transitive) To spread butter on.

Butterverb

To move one's weight backwards or forwards onto the tips or tails of one's skis or snowboard so only the tip or tail is in contact with the snow.

Butterverb

To increase (stakes) at every throw of dice, or every game.

Butternoun

An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.

Butternoun

Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao, vegetable butter, shea butter.

Butternoun

One who, or that which, butts.

Butterverb

To cover or spread with butter.

Butterverb

To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game.

Butternoun

an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use

Butternoun

a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head

Butterverb

spread butter on;

Butternoun

a pale yellow edible fatty substance made by churning cream and used as a spread or in cooking.

Butterverb

spread (something) with butter

Butter

Butter is a dairy product made from the fat and protein components of churned cream. It is a semi-solid emulsion at room temperature, consisting of approximately 80% butterfat.