YOGURT | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of yogurt in English yogurtnoun [ C or U ] (also yoghurt, UK also yoghourt) uk /ˈjɒɡ.ət/ us /ˈjoʊ.ɡɚt/ Add to word list Add to word list 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. I settled for orange juice, yogurt, and black coffee for breakfast. They eat no animal products at all - no milk, cheese, eggs, yogurt, etc.   Adam Gault/OJO Images/GettyImages

• All I had for lunch was a yogurt.
• I eat natural yoghurt with my cereal.

Dairy products & eggs

• albumen
• beurre noisette
• brown butter
• butter
• butterfat
• dairy milk
• Devonshire cream
• double cream
• dried milk
• egg white
• light cream
• milk fat
• milk powder
• mylk
• oat milk
• soya milk
• sunny side up idiom
• UHT
• ultra-pasteurized
• unhomogenized

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yogurt | American Dictionary

yogurtnoun [ U ] (also yoghurt) us /ˈjoʊ·ɡərt/ Add to word list Add to word list a thick, liquid food made from milk with bacteria added to it, that is slightly sour but is sometimes made sweet and flavored with fruit (Definition of yogurt from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of yogurt

yogurt Just how does one spell "yoghurt" ("yogurt", "yoghourt")? From the Cambridge English Corpus Throughout the day fresh fruit, yogurt, and healthy snacks are provided and a full hot lunch is served as well. From the Cambridge English Corpus I tried several high-protein breakfasts (including shrimp, low-fat yogurt, and hot dogs). From the Cambridge English Corpus Of the 4795 cases, 4115 (85.8 %), 653 (13.6 %), 18 (0.4 %) and 9 (0.2 %) had ingested low-fat milk, calcium-enriched low-fat milk, yogurt drink and other dairy products, respectively. From the Cambridge English Corpus I could also say that although milk is becoming cheaper, yogurt is becoming dearer; you can be fairly sure of that. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English There was the case of botulism in hazelnut yogurt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead, children are offered meals consisting of filled rolls and yogurt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Later, they diversified into the manufacture of yogurts and other products. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The manufacturing and marketing of yogurt and other value-added dairy products spring easily to mind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yogurt is not covered by the milk quota arrangements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it is important to emphasise that there are only a limited number of farms that can diversify into yogurt, dairy products or indeed tourist accommodation or golf courses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But that was due to toxins, not in the yogurt but in the purée, so irradiation could not have been used in that case where, tragically, two people died. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Other common menu items are: eggs done how you like, eggs benedict, beans on toast, pancakes, cereal and yogurt, and smoothies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Aronia is also used as a flavoring or colorant for beverages or yogurts. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The bacteria used to make yogurt are known as yogurt cultures. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of yogurt?

Translations of yogurt

in Chinese (Traditional) 酸乳，優酪乳，乳酪… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 酸乳，酸奶… See more in Spanish yogur, yogur [masculine, singular]… See more in Portuguese iogurte, iogurte [masculine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in French in Catalan in Telugu in Tamil in Hindi in Bengali in Gujarati in Norwegian in Korean in Urdu in Italian योगर्ट, एक प्रकारचं दही जे नुसतं किंवा कधी त्यात साखर किंवा फळं घातलेली असतात.… See more ヨーグルト… See more yaourt [masculine], yogourt [masculine]… See more iogurt… See more యోగర్ట్, బ్యాక్టీరియాను చేర్చి పాలతో చేసిన(పెరుగు వంటి) చిక్కని, పుల్లని ద్రవపదార్థము - దాన్ని అలాగే లేక చక్కెర పండ్లు మొదలైన వాటిని కలుపుకొని గాని తింటారు… See more பாலில் இருந்து தயாரிக்கப்படும் சற்று புளித்த, தடிமனான திரவம், அதில் பாக்டீரியாக்கள் சேர்க்கப்பட்டு… See more दही… See more দই… See more દહીં… See more yoghurt [masculine]… See more 요구르트… See more یوگرٹ, دہی… See more yogurt… See more Need a translator?

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