shea butter
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- noun
- /ˈʃeɪə ˈbʌtər/
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- Extra hydrating Shea butter body wash for severely dry skin.
- shea butter moisturizer
- shea butter lotion
- shea butter and oils
This is a real Shea butter that comes straight from Africa.
- This is a real Shea butter that comes straight from Africa.
- OK, this is random and it might look ghetto, but what it is here is Shea butter.
- How very nourishing blend of Shea butter, mango and jojoba seed oils to soothe and smooth and hydrate the lips.
- It's called I Want My Mummy, and it's just their classic like, Shea butter bath bomb.
- I might be able to put a little image of that right there, but I like Shea butter, like cocoa butter and I like Nivea.
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Products that contain shea butter are best for the treatment of this condition.
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I used to think that oil or Shea butter alone moisturized my hair, and I would wonder why it felt dry even when using a great amount.
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This is a real Shea butter that comes straight from Africa.
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The mill will allow production of shea butter and make the sale.
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As long as I have shea butter, coconut oil, and water, I'm fine.
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These are the Shea butter luscious lipsticks.
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Oil and shea butter help to seal in the moisture so that the water doesn't just evaporate soon after.
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So I'm wearing Shea butter right now and it just absorbs in and it doesn't leave any kind of like a layer on top of the skin.
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They contain aloe Vera, Shea butter, Jamaican black Castor oil, almond oil, hydrolyzed quinoa and some really cool ingredients.
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After a long day in the sun, she applied shea butter to soothe her dry skin.
Synonyms
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An edible oil from inside coconuts used for cooking and skin care
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A pale yellow fat from cocoa beans used to make chocolate and skin creams
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A thick cream used on the skin to make it soft and less dry
A thick cooking oil from the nuts of a cohune palm that people also use to make soap
Surface Forms
Morphology
shea + butter
The noun is a simple compound: 'shea' (the shea tree or its nut) + 'butter' (a fatty substance), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it is the fatty product made from shea. This compositional pattern (type-of butter) is common in English (e.g., peanut butter) and cross-linguistically transparent, so the meaning is directly derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Shea butter comes from the nuts of the shea tree, where people crush and heat the nuts to make a soft, creamy butter. Imagine that white, oily 'fat' made from nuts used to smooth the skin or for cooking, and you can see why the name means a natural skin-care and food 'fat' today.