noun
yogurt
YOH-gert/ˈjəʊɡərt/
A thick food made by fermenting milk with bacteria.
The yogurt forms a thick spoonful above the opened pot.
Etymology
The Turkish word is linked to a root meaning roughly “to condense.” This connection highlights the food’s thick consistency rather than its tangy taste.
In context
so often people are not tolerating the dairy and so they're having all this yogurt every day it's a convenient quick portable delicious source of protein
More examples
- She stirred fruit into the yogurt.
- The market stocked several yogurts.
- The yogurt tasted mildly tangy.
Forms
yogurt · yogurts
Similar words
- kefir
- Usually a thinner fermented milk drink.
- curd
- Can form through processes other than yogurt fermentation.