Definitions for yogurtˈyoʊ gərt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

yo•gurtˈyoʊ gərt(n.)

or yo•ghurt or yo•ghourt

  1. a tart, custardlike food made from milk curdled by the action of bacterial cultures and sometimes sweetened or flavored.

    Category: Cooking

Origin of yogurt:

1615–25; < Turkish yoğurt

Princeton's WordNet

  1. yogurt, yoghurt, yoghourt(noun)

    a custard-like food made from curdled milk

Wiktionary

  1. yogurt(Noun)

    A milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring; any similar product based on other substances (e.g. soy yogurt).

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Yogurt

    A slightly acid milk food produced by fermentation due to the combined action of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Streptococcus thermophilus.


Translations for yogurt

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

yoghourt(noun)

a type of semi-liquid food made from fermented milk.

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