Definition of Clarified butter

1. Noun. Butter made clear by heating and removing the sediment of milk solids.

Exact synonyms: Drawn Butter
Generic synonyms: Butter
Specialized synonyms: Ghee

Definition of Clarified butter

1. Noun. A cooking fat made by gently heating butter and separating the solids from the butterfat ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clarified Butter

claret cup
clareted
clareting
clarets
claribella
claribellas
clarichord
clarichords
claries
clarifiable
clarificant
clarification
clarifications
clarificatory
clarified
clarifier
clarifiers
clarifies
clarifying
clarifyingly
clarinet
clarinet section
clarinetist
clarinetists
clarinets
clarinettist
clarinettists
claringbullite

Literary usage of Clarified butter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Analyst (1879)
"place clarified butter is frequently mixed with lard. Two samples of clarified butter bought in Fiume yielded the following results- Substance 22. ..."

2. The History of British India by James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson (1858)
"He then sprinkles the leaves with water, and throws them away; next, having sprinkled the vessel containing the clarified butter, he puts it on the fire and ..."

3. Kettner's Book of the Table: A Manual of Cookery, Practical, Theoretical by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1877)
"... four ounces of clarified butter, and with sugar to taste— say from six to eight ounces. The next step is not necessary, but it is advisable in order to ..."

4. A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the by Praphulla Candra Rāy (1902)
"With pepper and calx (of brass) one should boil gold on a slow fire together with clarified butter.1 (1) ..."

5. The Materia medica of the Hindus: Compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works by Udoy Chand Dutt (1877)
"clarified butter obtained from cow'a milk is considered superior to that prepared from ... clarified butter is considered cooling, emollient and stomachic. ..."

6. The Rites of the Twice-born by Sinclair Stevenson (1920)
"Once, whilst the writer watched the sacrifice, the fire went dim, and instantly the ' Brahma ' poured clarified butter on the embers, ..."

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