Skip to main content
yogurt

yogurt

176 1.0
A thick, creamy food made from milk that tastes slightly sour and is often eaten with fruit
  • noun
  • /ˈjoʊɡərt/
  • US
translation icon : yogur
  • Many people choose yogurt as a good source of protein and probiotics.
  • milk and yogurt
  • dairy products like yogurt
  • cheese and yogurt

And so it's what looks like a pot of yoghurt with Jelly tots in.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • A couple of us are going to the Yogurt Shoppe later, if you want to come by.

  • Normally I like it so much, but that Greek yogurt expired.

  • Okay, for the record, yogurt prices are ridiculous these days.

  • Fruit and yogurt for the young lady.

  • Usually, I eat something in the morning, some toast or yogurt or something.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • I'll just grab a yogurt out of the fridge.

  • Lunch in the square: yogurt and fresh fruit purchased earlier from the Gobble-Up Grocery.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • The majority of participants correctly identified cheese and yogurt as good sources of dietary calcium.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Joan dropped a container of yogurt into the shopping cart, more carelessly than she intended.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • A nice substitute for the hot fudge sundae would be the yogurt.

Compounds

19 2.0

A cold, soft sweet dessert like ice cream made from milk with a slightly sour taste

A thick food made from milk mixed with sweet blueberries

How Thick

yogurt
  • US
176 1.0
runny
34 1.0

Surface Forms

yogurt singular
yogurts plural
yoghurts plural
yoghurt singular

Etymology

The word yogurt comes from the Turkish verb yoğurmak, which means 'to knead' or 'to thicken' and was used for turning milk into a thicker food. So, thinking of milk being 'kneaded' or made thick helps explain why yogurt means the thick, fermented milk we eat today.