Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The natural fat of milk from which butter is made, consisting largely of the glycerides of oleic, stearic, and palmitic acids.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fat which enters the composition of butter: essentially a mixture of 68 per cent. of palmitin and 30 per cent of olein.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
fatty components ofbutter
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made
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Examples
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Softened butter blends easily with sugar, creating a light and fluffy mixture where the sugar is suspended in butterfat.
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Softened butter blends easily with sugar, creating a light and fluffy mixture where the sugar is suspended in butterfat.
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It was gorgeous, and traveled beautifully, probably as a result of the nearly unfathomable extent of the butterfat which is its primary reason for being.
Tarts Lindy 2008
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It was gorgeous, and traveled beautifully, probably as a result of the nearly unfathomable extent of the butterfat which is its primary reason for being.
Care Package Magic Trick Lindy 2007
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It was gorgeous, and traveled beautifully, probably as a result of the nearly unfathomable extent of the butterfat which is its primary reason for being.
Toast: Lindy 2007
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Enforcing morality through taxation is not a new idea, and it's expected to grow as New York's cash-hungry government imposes levies on other harmful substances such as butterfat, sugar, and the New York Times.
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Enforcing morality through taxation is not a new idea, and it's expected to grow as New York's cash-hungry government imposes levies on other harmful substances such as butterfat, sugar, and the New York Times.
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Enforcing morality through taxation is not a new idea, and it's expected to grow as New York's cash-hungry government imposes levies on other harmful substances such as butterfat, sugar, and the New York Times.
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Per the gelato discussion in the comments, the distinquishing factor is less butterfat for gelato.
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Milk chocolate, on the other hand, contains added butterfat which can raise blood cholesterol levels.
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