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butterfat

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbʌtəfæt/
  • General-American: /ˈbʌtɚfæt/
  • General-American: /-ɾɚ-/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B AH1 T ER0 F AE2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The fatty components of milk and other dairy products.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: animal fat

History

Etymology

From butter + fat.

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: маслена мазнина (maslena maznina) — the fatty components of milk and other dairy products
  • German: Milchfett — the fatty components of milk and other dairy products
  • Irish: saill ime — the fatty components of milk and other dairy products
  • Polish: tłuszcz w mleku — the fatty components of milk and other dairy products
  • Spanish: grasa butírica — the fatty components of milk and other dairy products
  • Welsh: braster menyn — the fatty components of milk and other dairy products