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yogurt

American  
[yoh-gert] / ˈyoʊ gərt /
Or yoghurt

noun

  1. a tart, custardlike food made from milk curdled by the action of bacterial cultures, sometimes sweetened or flavored.


yogurt British  
/ ˈjɒɡ-, ˈjəʊɡət /

noun

  1. a thick custard-like food prepared from milk that has been curdled by bacteria, often sweetened and flavoured with fruit, chocolate, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of yogurt

First recorded in 1615–25; from Turkish yoğurt

Example Sentences

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I have friends who choke down Greek yogurt by the bucketful, who eat handfuls of grilled chicken at a time, who dead lift their own body weight.

From The Wall Street Journal

But when I really pressed on the memory — when I tried to locate the most sensory detail — it wasn’t the yogurt dip or the crumb coating or even the spice blend.

From Salon

Generative AI feels like magic: It can churn out a sales strategy or write a haiku about yogurt.

From The Wall Street Journal

Not yogurt eaten in a fugue state between Slack pings.

From Salon

If vegetables feel like an obligation, tuck them into lemony beans, dense spoon salads, roasted carrots with yogurt or a produce-packed pasta that eats like comfort food.

From Salon