Meaning of shea butter | Babel Free
ˈʃeɪ ˌbʌtɚDefinitions
A slightly yellowish or ivory-colored natural fat extracted from fruit of the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) by crushing and boiling, widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer and an emollient, as a cooking oil in West Africa, and sometimes used in the chocolate industry as a substitute for cocoa butter.
Equivalents
Deutsch
Sheabutter
Español
manteca de karité
Suomi
karitevoi
Français
beurre de karité
Italiano
burro di karitè
日本語
シアバター
Português
manteiga de karité/carité
Examples
“About two o'clock in the afternoon, a sort⟳ of hasty pudding, with a little Shea butter, is the common meal; but the supper constitutes the principal repast, and is seldom ready before midnight.”
“Shea butter is sold by hundreds of small firms who package and reformulate the butter under their own⟳ labels, purporting to by-pass the depersonalizing tendencies of mass-production and mass-marketing. […]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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