noun
ghee
gee
noun
1
A type of clarified butter widely used in South Asian cooking.
"She fried the spices in ghee before adding the lentils."
How to Use Ghee
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishClarified butter, a staple fat in South Asian cuisine.
Easily confused with
clarified butter
Common pairings
cook in ghee
ghee and spices
Word Forms
ghees plural, Ghees plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi ghī, ultimately traced back to Sanskrit ghṛta.