buttermilk
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle English butter-melke, equivalent to butter + milk. Cognate with German Low German Bottermelk (“buttermilk”), German Buttermilch (“buttermilk”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʌtɚˌmɪlk/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʌtəˌmɪlk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: but‧ter‧milk
Noun
[edit]buttermilk (countable and uncountable, plural buttermilks)
- The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.
- 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 52:
- 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.
- Cultured buttermilk, a fermented dairy product produced from cow's milk, with a characteristically sour taste.
- A light yellow color, like that of buttermilk. (Can we add an example for this sense? )
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Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]traditional buttermilk
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cultured buttermilk
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