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Webster 1913 Edition
Ghee
Ghee
(gē)
, Noun.
[Hind.
ghī
clarified butter, Skr. ghṛta
.] Butter clarified by boiling, and thus converted into a kind of oil.
[India]
Malcom.
Definition 2024
ghee
ghee
English
Alternative forms
Noun
ghee (usually uncountable, plural ghees)
- A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee.
- (India) vegetable oil for cooking.
Translations
South Asian style clarified butter
Quotations
- 1973 Madhur Jaffrey - An Invitation to Indian Cooking
- There are two kinds of ghee. Usli ghee or clarified butter is used rarely, partly because of its expense and partly because Indians consider it "heavy". The more commonly used ghee is a mixture of various vegetable oils.