rancid butter
Off dairy fat
Rancid butter is butter that has spoiled through oxidation or bacterial action, developing a sharp, unpleasant smell and taste.
The phrase appears literally in cooking contexts—Check if the butter has gone rancid—but also serves as a benchmark for foul odors: The locker room smelled like rancid butter.
- spoiledRuined or overindulged
- gone badSpoiled, unfit to consume
- sourSharp, biting taste
- staleNo longer fresh
- putridDecomposed and foul-smelling
off · rotten · rank · foul · bad smell · curdled · oxidized · fatty acids · greasy · dairy · smell · stench · nauseating · turned · decomposed · cream · churned · fermented
- food spoilagerot, mold growth, spoilage, staleness, decomposition
- food gone badspoiled milk, moldy bread, sour milk, curdled milk, overripe fruit
- Stinksbody odor, skunk, rotten eggs, sewage, garbage smell
freshness/edibility
rancid butterfresh butter
sweet butter · sweet cream butter · cultured butter · clarified butter · ghee
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