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yogurt [noun]

a slightly sour, thick liquid made from milk with bacteria added to it, sometimes eaten plain and sometimes with sugar, fruit, etc. added

US /ˈjoʊ.ɡɚt/ 
UK /ˈjɒɡ.ət/ 
Example: 

low-fat yogurt

Oxford Essential Dictionary

yogurt

 (also yoghurt) noun
a thick liquid food made from milk:
strawberry yogurt
Do you want a yogurt?

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

yogurt

yogurt /ˈjɒɡət $ ˈjoʊɡərt/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Turkish]
another spelling of yoghurt
 

yoghurt

yoghurt BrE AmE, yogurt /ˈjɒɡət $ ˈjoʊɡərt/ noun [uncountable and countable]
a thick liquid food that tastes slightly sour and is made from milk, or an amount of this food:
a pot of strawberry yogurt

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

yogurt

yog·urt [yogurt yogurts] (also yog·hurt, yog·hourt)  [ˈjɒɡət]    [ˈjoʊɡərt]  noun uncountable, countable
a thick white liquid food, made by adding bacteria to milk, served cold and often flavoured with fruit; an amount of this sold in a small pot
natural yogurt
There's a yogurt left if you're still hungry.
a lemon yogurt
See also: yoghurt  
Word Origin:

early 17th cent.: from Turkish yoǧurt.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

yogurt ( also yoghurt , yoghourt ) / ˈjɒɡ.ət /   / ˈjoʊ.ɡɚt / noun [ C or U ]

A2 a slightly sour, thick liquid made from milk with bacteria added to it, sometimes eaten plain and sometimes with sugar, fruit, etc. added:

natural/plain yogurt

strawberry yogurt

low-fat yogurt

I only had a yogurt (= a container of this) for lunch.

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

yogurt

[jɒ̱gə(r)t, AM jo͟ʊ-]
 yogurts
 also yoghurt
 N-VAR

 Yogurt is a food in the form of a thick, slightly sour liquid that is made by adding bacteria to milk. A yogurt is a small pot of yogurt.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

yogurt

yo·gurt also Brit yo·ghurt /ˈjoʊgɚt/ noun, pl -gurts [count, noncount] : a food that is made when bacteria is added to milk and that is often flavored and chilled
• blueberry yogurt