buttermilk
/ˈbʌtɚˌmɪlk/
UK: /ˈbʌtəˌmɪlk/
buttermilk
English
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Definition
The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English butter-melke, equivalent to butter + milk. Cognate with German Low German Bottermelk (“buttermilk”), German Buttermilch (“buttermilk”).
Example Sentences
- "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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