buttermilk

buttermilk
The fluid containing casein and lactic acid, left after the process of making butter.

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but·ter·milk 'bət-ər-.milk n
1) the liquid left after butter has been churned from milk or cream
2) cultured milk made by the addition of suitable bacteria to sweet milk

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