ghee

[ gee ]

/ gi /

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noun

a kind of liquid butter, used especially in the cooking of India, made from the milk of cows or buffaloes and clarified by boiling.

Nearby words

ghaziabad, ghazzah, ghazzali, ghb, gheber, ghee, ghent, gheorghiu, gheorghiu-dej, gherao, gherkin

Origin of ghee

First recorded in 1655–65, ghee is from the Hindi word ghī

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Examples from the Web for ghee

You can also use sunflower oil or ghee, which is essentially clarified butter.
Oil Pulling: Miracle Cure or Oily Mess?|DailyBurn|March 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And the sweetmeat-seller made his sweetmeats of flour and ghee without either sugar or salt, so that they were very nasty.
Indian Fairy Tales|Anonymous
When I asked for eggs they brought me rotten ones; for butter they brought me ghee.
Henry Martyn Saint and Scholar|George Smith
The less liquid residue, mixed with ground-nut oil, is sold as an inferior kind of ghee.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8|Various

In the night a sepoy came by with a large jar of ghee on his head.
Indian Fairy Tales|Anonymous
It may be fruit, or brass pots, or ghee, or whatever else may be thought most acceptable.
Tradition|John Francis Arundell

British Dictionary definitions for ghee

ghee

/ (ɡiː) /

noun

butter, clarified by boiling, used in Indian cookery

Word Origin for ghee

C17: from Hindi ghī, from Sanskrit ghri sprinkle

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