English Dictionary

shea butter

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈʃeɪ ˌbʌtɚ/

名詞

不可算名詞 通常

A slightly yellowish or ivory-colored natural fat extracted from fruit of the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) by crushing and boiling, widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer and an emollient, as a cooking oil in West Africa, and sometimes used in the chocolate industry as a substitute for cocoa butter.

日本語の意味

シアバター：シアの木（Vitellaria paradoxa）の果実から砕いて煮沸して抽出される、わずかに黄色みを帯びたまたは象牙色の天然脂肪。 / 用途：化粧品では保湿剤や軟化剤として使用され、西アフリカでは料理用油、またチョコレート産業ではココアバターの代わりとして利用される。

I switched to a hand cream with shea butter, and my skin has never felt softer.

シアバター配合のハンドクリームに変えてから、肌がこれまでになく柔らかくなった。

意味（1）

A slightly yellowish or ivory-colored natural fat extracted from fruit of the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) by crushing and boiling, widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer and an emollient, as a cooking oil in West Africa, and sometimes used in the chocolate industry as a substitute for cocoa butter.

About two o'clock in the afternoon, a sort of hasty pudding, with a little Shea butter, is the common meal; but the supper constitutes the principal repast, and is seldom ready before midnight.

shea butters （ plural ）