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ghee
CIDE DICTIONARY
ghee, n. [Hind. ghī clarified butter, Skr. gh.].
Butter clarified by boiling, and thus converted into a kind of oil. Malcom. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ghee, n. (also ghi) Indian clarified butter esp. from the milk of a buffalo or cow.
Etymology
Hindi ghi f. Skr. ghrit{aacute}- sprinkled
ROGET THESAURUS
ghee
Oil
N oil, fat, butter, cream, grease, tallow, suet, lard, dripping exunge, blubber, glycerin, stearin, elaine, oleagine, soap, soft soap, wax, cerement, paraffin, spermaceti, adipocere, petroleum, mineral, mineral rock, mineral crystal, mineral oil, vegetable oil, colza oil, olive oil, salad oil, linseed oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, nut oil, animal oil, neat's foot oil, train oil, ointment, unguent, liniment, aceite, amole, Barbados tar, fusel oil, grain oil, rape oil, seneca oil, hydrate of amyl, ghee, heating oil, #2 oil, No, 2 oil, distillate, residual oils, kerosene, jet fuel, gasoline, naphtha, stearin.For further exploring for "ghee" in Webster Dictionary Online