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butter

[ buht-er ]

noun

  1. the fatty portion of milk, separating as a soft whitish or yellowish solid when milk or cream is agitated or churned.
  2. this substance, processed for cooking and table use.
  3. any of various other soft spreads for bread:

    apple butter; peanut butter.

  4. any of various substances of butterlike consistency, as various metallic chlorides, and certain vegetable oils solid at ordinary temperatures.


verb (used with object)

  1. to put butter on or in; spread or grease with butter.
  2. to apply a liquefied bonding material to (a piece or area), as mortar to a course of bricks.
  3. Metalworking. to cover (edges to be welded together) with a preliminary surface of the weld metal.

verb phrase

  1. 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

/ 藞产蕦迟蓹 /

noun

    1. an edible fatty whitish-yellow solid made from cream by churning, for cooking and table use
    2. ( as modifier ) butyraceous

      butter icing

  1. any substance with a butter-like consistency, such as peanut butter or vegetable butter
  2. look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth
    to look innocent, although probably not so
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to put butter on or in
  2. to flatter
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 产耻迟顎僼别谤路濒别蝉蝉 adjective
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  • 耻苍路产耻迟顎僼别谤别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of butter1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English butere < Latin 产奴迟测虅谤耻尘 < Greek 产辞煤迟测虅谤辞苍
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of butter1

Old English butere , from Latin 产奴迟测谤耻尘 , from Greek bouturon , from bous cow + turos cheese
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Idioms and Phrases

  • bread and butter
  • bread-and-butter letter
  • know which side of bread is buttered
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Example Sentences

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Bring butter, eggs, and buttermilk to room temperature.

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But their fried chicken sandwich 鈥 made with crumbed chicken schnitzel, tarragon butter, lettuce and housemade pickle mayo on a steamed potato bun 鈥 is their bestseller.

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"I'll put 拢20 away and then my son will need new school shoes or we'll need food, milk, butter or whatever so we have to dip into that. It's just impossible."

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Chris's allergy first came to light as a baby, when he developed a rash as his mum made peanut butter sandwiches.

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My favorite way to cook frozen peas is saut茅ing them in a hot pan alongside butter, minced garlic, finely chopped onions and lemon juice.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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