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Meaning of ghee | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/ɡʰiː/

Definitions

  1. A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking.
    uncountable, usually
  2. A surname.
  3. Vegetable oil for cooking.
    South-Asia, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Deutsch Ghee
Français ghee ghî
עברית גהי
हिन्दी घी मक्खन
Bahasa Indonesia gi minyak samin
日本語 キー
Polski ghi
Português ghee
ไทย เนยใส
Türkçe sarı yağ

Examples

“Of the medicines for relaxing the body; ghee, oil, charbi, marrow, and such are to be used; of these ghee is the best, as it is produced from milk, which is obtained from the cow.”
“A Hindu manual of erotology suggests boiled ghee, drunk in the morning, in the spring time, as a healthful, strengthening beverage.”
“Employees furiously pack ornate boxes containing laddoos enriched with ghee, spongy rasgula and all manner of colorful sweets, often made with dairy, sugar and nuts and sometimes topped with a layer of edible silver foil.”
“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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