butter
n.
solid fat substance derived from milk
v.
spread with butter, spread butter on
Butter
Butter is a
dairy product, made by
churning fresh or
fermented cream or
milk. Butter is used as a
spread and a
condiment, as well as in
cooking applications such as baking, sauce making, and frying. Butter consists of
butterfat surrounding minuscule droplets consisting mostly of
water and milk
proteins. The most common form of butter is made from
cows' milk, but it can also be made from the milk of other
mammals, including
sheep,
goats,
buffalo, and
yaks.
Salt,
flavorings, or
preservatives are sometimes added to butter.
Rendering butter produces
clarified butter or
ghee, which is almost entirely butterfat. When
refrigerated, butter remains a solid, but softens to a spreadable consistency at
room temperature, and melts to a thin liquid consistency at 32–35 °C (90–95 °F). The density of butter is 911 kg/m3 . Butter generally has a pale
yellow color, but varies from deep yellow to nearly white. The color of the butter depends on the animal's feed and is commonly manipulated with
food colorings in the commercial manufacturing process, most commonly
annatto or
carotene.
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butter
Noun
1. an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
(hypernym) dairy product
(hyponym) clarified butter, drawn butter
2. a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head
(hypernym) combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper
(derivation) butt, bunt
Verb
1. spread butter on; "butter bread"
(hypernym) cover
Butter (die)
n.
butter, solid fat substance derived from milk
butter
v.
stumble, trip