noun
ghee
gee
Ghee (noun) means a type of clarified butter widely used in South Asian cooking. Example: “She fried the spices in ghee before adding the lentils.”
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A type of clarified butter widely used in South Asian cooking.
"Employees furiously pack ornate boxes containing laddoos enriched with ghee, spongy rasgula and all manner of colorful sweets, often made with dairy, sugar and nuts and sometimes topped with a layer of edible silver foil."
— Priya Krishna, It’s Not Diwali Without Mithai (2022)
"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
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Word forms
- Plural
- ghees
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Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi ghī, ultimately traced back to Sanskrit ghṛta.
Rhymes for ghee
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What does “ghee” mean?
The word “ghee” means a type of clarified butter widely used in South Asian cooking. In plain terms, clarified butter, a staple fat in South Asian cuisine.
How do you pronounce “ghee”?
“Ghee” is pronounced gee (/ɡʰiː/ in IPA).
How do you use “ghee” in a sentence?
Here is “ghee” used in a sentence: “She fried the spices in ghee before adding the lentils.”
What part of speech is “ghee”?
“Ghee” is a noun.
Where does the word “ghee” come from?
The word “ghee” comes from Sanskrit. Borrowed from Hindi ghī, ultimately traced back to Sanskrit ghṛta.
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