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Definition 2025

labneh with olive oil

labneh ‎(uncountable)

Yogurt that has been strained to filter or remove the whey, which thus has a consistency between that of yoghurt and cheese.
- 2009 May 6, Dwight Garner, “A Merchant of Trinkets and Memories”, in New York Times:
  And I can assure you, were he to encounter the entire crew of the aircraft carrier Enterprise, he’d serve them eggs sunny-side up, and labneh fresh from the bag.

strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese

Hebrew: לבנה‎
Russian: гре́ческий йо́гурт m ‎(gréčeskij jógurt) (Greek yoghurt), лабнэ́ n ‎(labnɛ́), творо́г (ru) m ‎(tvoróg), тво́рог (ru) m ‎(tvórog) (Russian variety)