buttermilk

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
22
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈbʌtɚˌmɪlk/
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/ˈbʌtɚˌmɪlk/ · /ˈbʌtəˌmɪlk/

Definition of buttermilk

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.
    “An anti-aphrodisiac, suggested in Hindu erotological literature as a way for women to negate amatory challenges, is to bathe in the buttermilk of a she-buffalo.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.
    “An anti-aphrodisiac, suggested in Hindu erotological literature as a way for women to negate amatory challenges, is to bathe in the buttermilk of a she-buffalo.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)Cultured buttermilk, a fermented dairy product produced from cow's milk, with a characteristically sour taste.
  3. (countable, uncountable)A light yellow color, like that of buttermilk.

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English butter-melke, equivalent to butter + milk. Cognate with German Low German Bottermelk (“buttermilk”), German Buttermilch (“buttermilk”).

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