yoghurt

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UK/ˈjɒɡət/General South African/ˈjoʊ.ɡət/

A form of yogurt — A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.

Less commonScrabble 14

Meanings

nounyoghurt (countable and uncountable, plural yoghurts)

plural yoghurts

  1. UKalternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of yogurt.

    Many icecream shops now sell soft-serve yoghurts, icecreams and ice-desserts that are high in carbos and low in fat.

    1995, Louise Burke, The Complete Guide to Food for Sports Performance: A Guide to Peak Nutrition for Your Sport, 2nd edition, Allen & Unwin, →ISBN, page 24
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    It was certainly an old smell – of that I could be certain. But it was not, I was sure, produced by any of the three thousand one hundred and twenty-six cheeses, yoghurts and fromages blancs that were being stored in the crypt.

    2007, Giles Milton, Edward Trencom’s Nose: A Novel of History, Dark Intrigue, and Cheese, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 65

    One serve of carbohydrates is approximately equal to a slice of bread, a piece of fruit, third of a cup of cooked rice, half a cup of grains, cereals, starchy vegetables or cooked pasta, 200 grams of plain yoghurt, or 300 millilitres of milk.

    2012, Lesley Campbell, Alan L. Rubin, Type 2 Diabetes For Dummies, Australian Edition, page 117

    fudgy flapjacky fudge […] I always buy one of those flapjacks with a layer of yoghurt on top. But even with the topping, they are just never sweet enough for me. I also love fudge but that can be toe-curlingly sweet. So, in my search for a middle ground, I decided to combine the two.

    2020, Nadiya Hussain, Nadiya Bakes, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna custard-like food made from curdled milk

Broader
dairy productsolid food

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Turkic*yogrut
  2. Ottoman Turkishیوغورت (yoğurt)
  3. Englishyoghurt

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yoğurt). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yogrut.

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Translations

Dutch yoghurt
  • yoghurtyogurt
Spanish yoghurt
  • yoghurtyogurt

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

yoghurt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yoghurt

MLA

“yoghurt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yoghurt. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yoghurt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yoghurt.

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