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yogurt

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

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

yoghurt

yog‧hurt 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 COBUILD 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

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

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butter

butter [noun]

US

/ˈbʌt̬.ɚ/

UK

/ˈbʌt.ər/

Example:

Have some bread and butter.

A pale yellow solid food containing a lot of fat that is made from cream and is spread on bread or used in cooking

butter - کره

Persian equivalent:

Example:

Have some bread and butter.

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Oxford Essential Dictionary

butter

noun (no plural)
a soft yellow food that is made from milk. You put it on bread or use it in cooking:
She spread butter on the bread.

>> butter verb (butters, buttering, buttered ) to put butter on bread:
I buttered the toast.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

butter

I. but‧ter¹ S2 /ˈbʌtə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: butere, from Latin butyrum, from Greek boutyron, from bous 'cow' + tyros 'cheese']
1. a solid yellow food made from milk or cream that you spread on bread or use in cooking ⇨ ↑bread-and-butter
2. butter wouldn’t melt in sb’s mouth used to say that someone seems to be very kind and sincere but is not really
—buttery adjective
• • •
COLLOCATIONS
■ adjectives
▪ salted/unsalted (=with or without salt in it) Unsalted butter is better for baking. | Most butter is slightly salted.
▪ melted butter (=heated until it is liquid) Brush the pastry with a little melted butter.
■ phrases
▪ a pat of butter (=a small flat piece) Breakfast was a small roll and a pat of butter.
▪ a knob of butter (=a small round piece) Add a knob of butter to the meat juices in the pan.
▪ a lump of butter He served himself a big lump of butter.
■ verbs
▪ spread butter on something Lee was spreading butter on his toast.
▪ spread something with butter Spread the warm crumpets with butter.
▪ melt butter Melt the butter and mix it with the other ingredients.
▪ soften butter First soften the butter in a warm place.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

butter

but·ter [butter butters buttered buttering] noun, verb [ˈbʌtə(r)] [ˈbʌtər]

noun uncountable
a soft yellow food made from cream, used in cooking and for spreading on bread
• Fry the onions in butter.
• Do you want butter or margarine on your toast?
see also bread and butter, peanut butter
more at like a knife through butter at knife _v.
Word Origin:
Old English butere, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch boter and German Butter, based on Latin butyrum, from Greek bouturon.
Example Bank:
• Cream the butter and icing sugar together until light and fluffy.
• He put a large knob of butter on the potatoes.
• He spread butter on the roll.
• Put some butter on the crackers, please.
• Rub the butter into the flour.
• The butter melted in the heat.
• This butter doesn't spread very well.
• You can make frosting out of half a stick of butter and two cups of powdered sugar.
• courgettes sautéed in butter
• If you're still hungry, have some bread and butter.
Idiom: butter wouldn't melt

Derived: butter somebody up

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

butter / ˈbʌt.ə r / / ˈbʌt̬.ɚ / noun [ U ]

A1 a pale yellow solid food containing a lot of fat that is made from cream and is spread on bread or used in cooking:

We were served scones with butter and jam.

Have some bread and butter (= bread spread with butter) .

a butter dish

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

butter

/bʌtə(r)/
(butters, buttering, buttered)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.
Butter is a soft yellow substance made from cream. You spread it on bread or use it in cooking.
...bread and butter...
Pour the melted butter into a large mixing bowl.
N-MASS

2.
If you butter something such as bread or toast, you spread butter on it.
She spread pieces of bread on the counter and began buttering them.
...buttered scones.
VERB: V n, V-ed

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

¹but·ter /ˈbʌtɚ/ noun, pl -ters
1 [noncount] : a solid yellow substance made from milk or cream that is spread on food or used in cooking
• bread and butter
• Would you like some butter for your potato?
• Sauté the onions in melted butter.
- see also bread and butter
2 [count, noncount] : a food made from cooked fruit or roasted nuts that have been ground up
• apple butter
- see also peanut butter
butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth chiefly Brit
- used to say that a person who appears to be innocent, sincere, or kind is really not;
like a (hot) knife through butter

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milk

milk [noun]

US

/mɪlk/

UK

/mɪlk/

Example:

Don't drink the milk— it's off.

a white liquid produced by cows or goats that is drunk by people

milk - شیر

Persian equivalent:

Example:

Don't drink the milk— it's off.

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Oxford Essential Dictionary

noun (no plural)
the white liquid that a mother makes in her body to give to her baby. People drink the milk of cows and some other animals:
Do you want milk in your coffee?

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

milk

I. milk¹ S2 W3 /mɪlk/ BrE AmE noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: meolc, milc]

1. [uncountable] a white liquid produced by cows or goats that is drunk by people:
a bottle of milk
Would you like some milk in your tea?
a pint of semi-skimmed milk
2. [uncountable] a white liquid produced by female animals and women for feeding their babies:
mothers who believe that breast milk is best for their babies
The tiny fox cubs drink nothing but their mother’s milk.
3. [uncountable] a liquid or juice produced by particular plants, especially the coconut
4. [uncountable and countable] a thin white liquid used to clean or protect skin SYN lotion:
a mild facial cleansing milk
5. the milk of human kindness literary the kind and sympathetic behaviour of most ordinary people
⇨ evaporated milk, ⇨ cry over spilt milk at cry¹(3), ⇨ land of milk and honey at land¹(8)
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COLLOCATIONS
■ verbs
▪ drink milk Drinking milk keeps your bones strong.
▪ have/take milk (=drink milk in your tea or coffee) Do you take milk in your coffee?
▪ pour milk She poured some milk into a saucepan.
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + milk
▪ sour (=not fresh) Milk turns sour very quickly in hot weather.
▪ fresh She made me drink a glass of fresh milk.
▪ cold I can only drink milk if it’s really cold.
▪ hot/warm Can I have a cup of warm milk please?
▪ pasteurized (=milk that has been heated to kill harmful bacteria) a type of cheese made from pasteurized milk
▪ homogenized (=milk that has had the cream mixed into the milk) Most milk sold in stores is homogenized milk.
▪ whole milk (also full-fat milk British English) (=milk that has not had any fat taken out) The ice cream is made from whole milk.
▪ semi-skimmed milk British English (also low-fat milk) (=milk that has had some of the fat taken out) Adults should drink semi-skimmed milk rather than whole milk.
▪ skimmed milk British English, skim milk/nonfat milk American English (=milk that has had all the fat taken out) a bowl of cereal with skim milk
▪ long-life milk British English (=specially treated milk that you can keep for a long time) I’ve got a carton of long-life milk in the cupboard.
▪ powdered milk (also dry milk American English) Powdered milk is useful for camping trips.
▪ baby/formula milk (=milk in powder form for babies) Many babies are fed formula milk.
■ milk + NOUN
▪ milk bottle Put the empty milk bottles into the crates.
▪ milk carton (=a plastic or cardboard container in which milk is sold) containers such as milk cartons and soap powder boxes
▪ milk jug She put the butter, jam and milk jug on the table.
▪ milk powder hot water mixed with milk powder
■ phrases
▪ a glass of milk Would you like a glass of milk?
▪ a bottle of milk I accidentally knocked over a bottle of milk.
▪ a pint of milk I need to buy a pint of milk.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

milk

milk [milk milks milked milking] noun, verb [mɪlk] [mɪlk]

noun uncountable
1. the white liquid produced by cows, goats and some other animals as food for their young and used as a drink by humans
• a pint/litre of milk
• a bottle/carton of milk
• fresh/dried/powdered milk
• Do you take milk in your tea?
• milk products (= butter, cheese, etc.)

2. the white liquid that is produced by women and female mammals for feeding their babies

• breast milk

3. the white juice of some plants and trees, especially the coconut
see also soya milk
more at cry over spilt milk at cry _v., the land of milk and honey at land _n.
Word Origin:
Old English milc, milcian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch melk and German Milch, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin mulgere and Greek amelgein ‘to milk’.
Example Bank:
• Don't drink the milk— it's off.
• Dried milk keeps better than fluid milk.
• She expressed some milk so her husband could do the night feeding.
• The milk has gone off/turned sour.
• They've stopped delivering milk in our area.
• a calcium-fortified milk which provides more calcium than regular milk
• a can of condensed milk

Idiom: milk of human kindness

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

milk / mɪlk / noun [ U ]

A1 the white liquid produced by cows, goats, and sheep and used by humans as a drink or for making butter, cheese, etc.:
a glass/carton of milk
cow's/goat's milk
skimmed/pasteurized milk
a milk bottle
the white liquid produced by women and other female mammals as food for their young:
Breast/Mother's milk is the best nourishment for a baby.
the white liquid produced by some plants and trees:
coconut milk

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

milk

[mɪ̱lk]
♦♦♦
milks, milking, milked
1) N-UNCOUNT Milk is the white liquid produced by cows, goats, and some other animals, which people drink and use to make butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
  He popped out to buy a pint of milk.
  ...basic foods such as meat, bread and milk.
  ...empty milk bottles.
2) VERB If someone milks a cow or goat, they get milk from it, using either their hands or a machine.
  [V n] Farm-workers milked cows by hand.
  Derived words:
  milking N-UNCOUNT oft N n ...an automatic milking machine... The evening milking is usually done at about 7.30pm.
3) N-UNCOUNT Milk is the white liquid produced by women to feed their babies.
  Milk from the mother's breast is a perfect food for the human baby.
  Syn:
  breast milk
4) N-MASS Liquid products for cleaning your skin or making it softer are sometimes referred to as milks.
  Sales of cleansing milks, creams and gels have doubled over the past decade.
  Syn:
  lotion
7) PHRASE (disapproval) If you think that someone's suggestions or ideas are weak or sentimental, you can say that they are milk and water. [mainly BRIT]
  Fryer dismisses the report as `milk and water'.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

¹milk /ˈmɪlk/ noun [noncount]
1 : a white liquid produced by a woman to feed her baby or by female animals to feed their young
• mother's/breast milk
• cheese made from sheep's milk especially; : milk from cows or goats that is used as food by people
• a glass of low-fat/whole milk
• serving milk and cookies
• pasteurized/homogenized milk
• whole milk [=milk from which no fat has been removed]
- see also condensed milk, evaporated milk, malted milk, skim milk
2 : a white liquid produced by a plant
• coconut milk
cry over spilled/spilt milk

land of milk and honey

the milk of human kindness literary : kind feelings or behavior toward other people
• He was filled with the milk of human kindness. [=he was filled with kindness; he was very kind]

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egg

egg [noun] (FOOD)

US

/eɡ/

UK

/eɡ/

Example:

Eggs are part of a healthy diet.

a round object with a hard surface, that contains a baby bird, snake, insect etc and which is produced by a female bird, snake, insect etc

egg - تخم مرغ

Persian equivalent:

Example:

Eggs are part of a healthy diet.

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Oxford Essential Dictionary

egg

noun

1 a round or oval (= almost round) object that has a baby bird, fish, insect or snake inside it:
The hen has laid an egg.

2 an egg that we eat, especially from a chicken:
a boiled egg

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

egg

I. egg¹ S1 W2 /eɡ/ BrE AmE noun
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old Norse]
1. BIRD [countable] a round object with a hard surface, that contains a baby bird, snake, insect etc and which is produced by a female bird, snake, insect etc:
Blackbirds lay their eggs in March.
an ostrich egg
The eggs hatch (=break open to allow the baby out) in 26 days.
2.
FOOD [uncountable and countable] an egg, especially one from a chicken, that is used for food
fried/poached/boiled etc eggs
Joe always has bacon and egg for breakfast.
Whisk the egg white (=the white part) until stiff.
Beat in two of the egg yolks (=the yellow part). ⇨ scrambled egg
3. EGG SHAPE [countable] something the same shape as an egg:
a chocolate Easter egg ⇨ Easter egg
4. ANIMALS/PEOPLE [countable] a cell produced by a woman or female animal that combines with ↑sperm (=male cell) to make a baby SYN ovum
5. (have) egg on your face if someone, especially someone in authority, has egg on their face, they have been made to look stupid by something embarrassing:
The Pentagon’s been left with egg on its face.
6. put all your eggs in one basket to depend completely on one thing or one course of action in order to get success, so that you have no other plans if this fails:
When planning your investments, it’s unwise to put all your eggs in one basket.
7. lay an egg American English informal to fail or be unsuccessful at something that you are trying to do
8. good egg old-fashioned someone who you can depend on to be honest, kind etc
⇨ kill the goose that lays the golden egg at kill¹(14), ⇨ nest egg

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

egg

egg [egg eggs egged egging] noun, verb [eɡ] [eɡ]

noun

1. countable a small oval object with a thin hard shell produced by a female bird and containing a young bird; a similar object produced by a female fish, insect, etc
• The female sits on the eggs until they hatch.
• The fish lay thousands of eggs at one time.

• crocodile eggs

2. countable, uncountable a bird's egg, especially one from a chicken, that is eaten as food
• a boiled egg
• bacon and eggs
• fried/poached/scrambled eggs
• Bind the mixture together with a little beaten egg.
• You've got some egg on your shirt.
• egg yolks/whites
• egg noodles
• ducks'/quails' eggs
• a chocolate egg (= made from chocolate in the shape of an egg)

see also Easter egg, Scotch egg

3. countable (in women and female animals) a cell that combines with a sperm to create a baby or young animal
Syn: ovum
• The male sperm fertilizes the female egg.
• an egg donor
see also nest egg
more at a chicken-and-egg situation, problem, etc. at chicken _n., the curate's egg at curate, kill the goose that lays the golden eggs at kill _v., you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs at omelette, sure as eggs is eggs at sure _adv., teach your grandmother to suck eggs at teach
Word Origin:
n. Middle English ey Old English ǣg Old Norse
v. Middle English Old Norse eggja ‘incite’

Collocations:
The living world
Animals
animals mate/breed/reproduce/feed (on sth)
fish/amphibians swim/spawn (= lay eggs)
birds fly/migrate/nest/sing
insects crawl/fly/bite/sting
insects/bees/locusts swarm
bees collect/gather nectar/pollen
spiders spin/weave a web
snakes/lizards shed their skins
bears/hedgehogs/frogs hibernate
insect larvae grow/develop/pupate
an egg/a chick/a larva hatches
attract/find/choose a mate
produce/release eggs/sperm
lay/fertilize/incubate/hatch eggs
inhabit a forest/a reef/the coast
mark/enter/defend (a) territory
stalk/hunt/capture/catch/kill prey
Plants and fungi
trees/plants grow/bloom/blossom/flower
a seed germinates/sprouts
leaves/buds/roots/shoots appear/develop/form
flower buds swell/open
a fungus grows/spreads/colonizes sth
pollinate/fertilize a flower/plant
produce/release/spread/disperse pollen/seeds/spores
produce/bear fruit
develop/grow/form roots/shoots/leaves
provide/supply/absorb/extract/release nutrients
perform/increase/reduce photosynthesis
Bacteria and viruses
bacteria/microbes/viruses grow/spread/multiply
bacteria/microbes live/thrive in/on sth
bacteria/microbes/viruses evolve/colonize sth/cause disease
bacteria break sth down/convert sth (into sth)
a virus enters/invades sth/the body
a virus mutates/evolves/replicates (itself)
be infected with/contaminated with/exposed to a new strain of a virus/drug-resistant bacteria
contain/carry/harbour (especially US) harbor bacteria/a virus
kill/destroy/eliminate harmful/deadly bacteria
Example Bank:
• Brush the pastry with a little beaten egg.
• Crack two eggs into the mixture.
• Many reptiles bury their eggs.
• Many women conceive through the use of a donor egg.
• Only one sperm fertilizes an egg.
• Separate the eggs, putting the whites to one side.
• She lays a clutch of four eggs on average.
• The males stay and guard the eggs.
• We're just decorating eggs for the egg hunt.
• a breakfast of bacon and eggs
Idioms: good egg ▪ have egg on over your face ▪ put all your eggs in one basket

Derived: egg somebody on

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

egg / eɡ / noun (FOOD)

A1 [ C or U ] the oval object with a hard shell that is produced by female birds, especially chickens, eaten as food:
a hard-boiled/soft-boiled egg
How do you like your eggs - fried or boiled?
[ C ] an object that is made in the shape of a bird's egg:
a chocolate/marble egg

egg / eɡ / noun (REPRODUCTION)

B2 [ C ] an oval object, often with a hard shell, that is produced by female birds and particular reptiles and insects, and contains a baby animal that comes out when it is developed:
The cuckoo lays her egg in another bird's nest.
After fourteen days the eggs hatch .
[ C ] a cell produced by a woman or female animal from which a baby can develop if it combines with a male sex cell:
Identical twins develop from a single fertilized egg that then splits into two.

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

egg

[e̱g]
♦♦
eggs, egging, egged
1) N-COUNT An egg is an oval object that is produced by a female bird and which contains a baby bird. Other animals such as reptiles and fish also lay eggs.
  ...a baby bird hatching from its egg.
  ...ant eggs.
2) N-VAR In Western countries, eggs often means hen's eggs, eaten as food.
  Break the eggs into a shallow bowl and beat them lightly.
  ...bacon and eggs.
3) N-COUNT: usu supp N Egg is used to refer to an object in the shape of a hen's egg.
  ...a chocolate egg.
4) N-COUNT An egg is a cell that is produced in the bodies of female animals and humans. If it is fertilized by a sperm, a baby develops from it.
  It only takes one sperm to fertilize an egg.
5) → See also Easter egg, nest egg, Scotch egg
6) PHRASE: usu v PHR If someone puts all their eggs in one basket, they put all their effort or resources into doing one thing so that, if it fails, they have no alternatives left.
  The key word here is diversify; don't put all your eggs in one basket.
7) PHRASE: face inflects, have/with PHR If someone has egg on their face or has egg all over their face, they have been made to look foolish.
  If they take this game lightly they could end up with egg on their faces.
8) a chicken and egg situation
the goose that lay the golden egg
  Phrasal Verbs:
  - egg on

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

¹egg /ˈɛg/ noun, pl eggs
1 [count] : a hard-shelled oval thing from which a young bird is born
• The egg will hatch about 10 days after it is laid. also; : an oval or round thing from which a snake, frog, insect, etc., is born
2 : the egg of a bird (especially a chicken) eaten as food

[count]

• poached/fried/boiled eggs
• hard-boiled/soft-boiled eggs
• the smell of rotten eggs
• (US) scrambled eggs
• I bought a carton of eggs.
• (US) They served us bacon and eggs for breakfast. = (Brit) They served us eggs and bacon for breakfast.
• an Easter egg [=an egg that is specially decorated at Easter]

[noncount]

• (Brit) scrambled egg
• a batter made from flour and egg
• egg white(s)/yolk
3 [count] biology : a cell that is produced by the female sexual organs and that combines with the male's sperm in reproduction
• The egg is fertilized by the sperm.
- called also ovum,
4 [count] : something that is shaped like a bird's egg
• a chocolate egg
bad egg informal + somewhat old-fashioned : someone who does bad things
• He was dishonest, but he was the only bad egg in the group.
curate's egg

egg on your face
✦If you have egg on your face you appear foolish, usually because something that you said would happen has not happened.
• The unexpected election result left a lot of journalists with egg on their faces.
good egg informal + somewhat old-fashioned : a likeable person
• I've known Jim for years. He's a good egg.
lay an egg US informal : to fail completely : to fail in a very obvious or embarrassing way
• He used to be a very popular star, but his last two movies have laid an egg.
put all your eggs in one basket
✦If you put all your eggs in one basket, you risk all you have on the success or failure of one thing (such as an investment), so that if something goes wrong you could lose everything.
• Investors should diversify their investments instead of putting all their eggs in one basket. [=instead of investing all their money in one company or one kind of company]
the goose that lays the golden egg

walk on egg

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