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butterfat

/ˈbʌtəfæt/ UK
/ˈbʌtɚfæt/ US
/-ɾɚ-/ US

noun butterfats · butter fat · butter-fat

countable, uncountable The fatty components of milk and other dairy products. The first change which milk undergoes in the stomach is coagulation. The casein and butterfat separates from the serum, which is soon absorbed unchanged into the blood, according to the laws of diffusion. [Quoting Wagner's Manual of Physiology.]

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noun the fatty components of milk and other dairy products

Español	grasa butírica
Deutsch	Milchfett

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@misc{butterfat_2026,
  title = {butterfat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/butterfat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}