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butter muslin

noun

, Chiefly British.


butter muslin

noun

  1. a fine loosely woven cotton material originally used for wrapping butter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of butter muslin1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences

Strain through butter muslin into a clean flask and heat in the steamer for thirty minutes.

Strain the mixture through butter muslin into a clean flask.

Filter off the whey through butter muslin into a sterile flask.

Strain the mixture through butter muslin, and filter through Swedish filter paper into a graduated cylinder.

Strain the mixture through butter muslin and filter through Swedish filter paper into a graduated cylinder.

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