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butter
[ buht-er ]
noun
- the fatty portion of milk, separating as a soft whitish or yellowish solid when milk or cream is agitated or churned.
- this substance, processed for cooking and table use.
- any of various other soft spreads for bread:
apple butter; peanut butter.
- any of various substances of butterlike consistency, as various metallic chlorides, and certain vegetable oils solid at ordinary temperatures.
verb (used with object)
- to put butter on or in; spread or grease with butter.
- to apply a liquefied bonding material to (a piece or area), as mortar to a course of bricks.
- Metalworking. to cover (edges to be welded together) with a preliminary surface of the weld metal.
verb phrase
- Informal. to flatter someone in order to gain a favor:
He suspected that they were buttering him up when everyone suddenly started being nice to him.
butter
/ ˈʌə /
noun
- an edible fatty whitish-yellow solid made from cream by churning, for cooking and table use
- ( as modifier ) butyraceous
butter icing
- any substance with a butter-like consistency, such as peanut butter or vegetable butter
- look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouthto look innocent, although probably not so
verb
- to put butter on or in
- to flatter
Other yvlog Forms
- ܳt· adjective
- ܳt· adjective
- ܲ·ܳt adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of butter1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of butter1
Idioms and Phrases
- bread and butter
- bread-and-butter letter
- know which side of bread is buttered
Example Sentences
Between Zoom happy hours and “Stardew Valley” sessions, I folded cold coffee into brownie batter, added matcha to white cake, swapped butter for oil just to see what would happen.
A variation of hollandaise, béarnaise consists of nothing but lemon, butter, eggs, vinegar and, of course, tarragon.
Most recently, I tried my hand at making a butter board.
The soap is flavoured to taste like beans on toast, and is made out of cacao butter, organic oat flour, avocado oil and paprika as well as beans and toast flavouring.
Let’s say you find chicken thighs, carrots, half a box of penne, an almost-empty jar of harissa, some butter and heavy cream.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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