butterfat

[ buht-er-fat ]

/ ˈbʌt ərˌfæt /

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noun

butter; milk fat; a mixture of glycerides, mainly butyrin, olein, and palmitin.

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Origin of butterfat

First recorded in 1885–90; butter + fat

Words nearby butterfat

butter cookie, buttercream, buttercup, buttercup family, buttercup squash, butterfat, butterfat cheque, Butterfield, butterfingers, butterfish, butterflies

How to use butterfat in a sentence

For example, the centrifuge used in the butterfat test, discovered in 1890 by Stephen M. Babcock, survived in several forms.
Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology|John T. Schlebecker
A machine used in determining the amount of butterfat in milk or cream.
Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology|John T. Schlebecker
A centrifuge used for running the Babcock milk test, which determined the percentage of butterfat.
Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology|John T. Schlebecker
The mixing of breeds to increase butterfat content was not the only element which undercut the breeding program.
Frying Pan Farm|Elizabeth Brown Pryor

British Dictionary definitions for butterfat

butterfat

/ (ˈbʌtəˌfæt) /

noun

the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made, consisting of a mixture of glycerides, mainly butyrin, olein, and palmitin

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