Definition of Butterfat

1. Noun. The fatty substance of milk from which butter is made.

Generic synonyms: Animal Fat

Definition of Butterfat

1. Noun. the fatty components of butter ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Butterfat

1. [n -S]

Literary usage of Butterfat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. City Milk Supply by Horatio Newton Parker (1917)
"Individuality of the Cow and the Production of butterfat. ... This is so, because the cow in fat, converts her body fat to butterfat. ..."

2. Carotin: The Principal Natural Yellow Pigment of Milk Fat; Chemical and by Leroy Sheldon Palmer (1913)
"The pigment of the butterfat is the more important of the two, however. The pigment of the whey is of secondary importance, and is of an entirely different ..."

3. The Guernsey Breed by Charles Louis Hill (1917)
"Elmer Smith, 7 grade Guernsey cows—average production, 341.1 pounds butterfat. The five herds in the test association having the hest production records for ..."

4. Productive Agriculture: By John H. Gehrs by John Henry Gehrs (1917)
"l Cream is the part of whole milk which contains a larger proportion of butterfat than the whole milk. According to Federal law, cream must contain not less ..."

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