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- [gee]
- /gi/
- /ɡiː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [gee]
- /gi/
Definitions of ghee word
- noun ghee a kind of liquid butter, used especially in the cooking of India, made from the milk of cows or buffaloes and clarified by boiling. 1
- noun ghee Clarified butter made from the milk of a buffalo or cow, used in Indian cooking. 1
- noun ghee Indian cooking: clarified butter 1
- uncountable noun ghee Ghee is a hard fat that is obtained by heating butter made from the milk of a cow or a buffalo. Ghee is used in Indian cooking. 0
- noun ghee butter, clarified by boiling, used in Indian cookery 0
- noun ghee in India, the liquid butter remaining when butter from cow's milk or buffalo milk is melted, boiled, and strained 0
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Origin of ghee
First appearance:
before 1655 One of the 46% oldest English words
First recorded in 1655-65, ghee is from the Hindi word ghī
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Parts of speech for Ghee
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ghee popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ghee
noun ghee
- grease — the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- shortening — butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
- tallow — the fatty tissue or suet of animals.
- oil — any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- spread — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
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