ghee
[gee]
- a kind of liquid butter, used especially in the cooking of India, made from the milk of cows or buffaloes and clarified by boiling.
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Origin of ghee
First recorded in 1655–65, ghee is from the Hindi word ghī
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Contemporary Examples of ghee
You can also use sunflower oil or ghee, which is essentially clarified butter.
Historical Examples of ghee
The milk that remains after the meals should be turned into ghee or clarified butter.
The Kama Sutra of VatsyayanaVatsyayana
The number of oil and ghee pots in use in the country is very large.
Castes and Tribes of Southern IndiaEdgar Thurston
It may be fruit, or brass pots, or ghee, or whatever else may be thought most acceptable.
TraditionJohn Francis Arundell
What stores of flour, and rice and ghee, and condiments were laid in!
TaraPhilip Meadows Taylor
The servant then put some ghee on his tongue, and made him swallow it.
Dealings With The DeadA Sexton of the Old School
ghee
- butter, clarified by boiling, used in Indian cookery
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Word Origin for ghee
C17: from Hindi ghī, from Sanskrit ghri sprinkle
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