Etymology

clarified butter

Today it means: A cooking fat made by gently heating butter and separating the solids from the butterfat. Full definition →

Middle English clarifien
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromclarifien
  2. English todayclarified butter

From clarified + butter, from Middle English clarifien and buter. Earliest attestation of clarified in this sense from the 14th century.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishclarifien all →

clarify

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