GHEE

ghee

(noun) clarified butter used in Indian cookery

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ghee (usually uncountable, plural ghees)

A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee.

(South Asia) Vegetable oil for cooking.

Proper noun

Ghee (plural Ghees)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ghee is the 20434th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1300 individuals. Ghee is most common among Black/African American (66.92%) and White (28.08%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary


Ghee, n. Etym: [Hind. ghi clarified butter, Skr. gh.]

Definition: Butter clarified by boiling, and thus converted into a kind of oil. [India] Malcom.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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