# clarified butter

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A cooking fat made by gently heating butter and separating the solids from the butterfat.

## Etymology
From clarified + butter, from Middle English clarifien and buter. Earliest attestation of clarified in this sense from the 14th century.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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