buttermilk
English
Etymology
From Middle English butter-melke, equivalent to butter + milk. Compare German Low German Bottermelk (“buttermilk”), German Buttermilch (“buttermilk”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʌtɚˌmɪlk/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʌtəˌmɪlk/
- Hyphenation: but‧ter‧milk
Noun
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.
- Cultured buttermilk, a fermented dairy product produced from cow's milk, with a characteristically sour taste.
Translations
traditional buttermilk
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cultured buttermilk
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