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ghi

ghi is the alternative spelling of ghee.

Meaning of ghee

Noun

ghee (usually uncountable, plural ghees)

  1. (usually) A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking.
    • Of the medicines for relaxing the body; ghee, oil, charbi, marrow, and such are to be used; of these ghee is the best, as it is produced from milk, which is obtained from the cow.1845, T.A. Wise, Commentary on the Hindu System of Medicine, page 140
    Synonyms:
    usli ghee
  2. (South-Asia, usually) Vegetable oil for cooking.
    • There are two kinds of ghee. Usli ghee or clarified butter is used rarely, partly because of its expense and partly because Indians consider it "heavy". The more commonly used ghee is a mixture of various vegetable oils.1973, Madhur Jaffrey, An Invitation to Indian Cooking

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Forms of ghi

pluralghis

Phrases with ghi

Questions about ghi

What is ghi the alternative spelling of?
Ghi is the alternative spelling of ghee.

Words near ghi in the dictionary

  1. gheyer
  2. gheyest
  3. GHF
  4. GHG
  5. GHGs
  6. ghi
  7. Ghia
  8. Ghibeline
  9. Ghibelines
  10. Ghibelline
  11. Ghibellines

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