apple butter

noun

apples stewed to a paste, spiced, sometimes sweetened, and served as a spread or condiment.

Nearby words

apple bee, apple blight, apple blossom, apple box, apple brandy, apple butter, apple green, apple grunt, apple islander, apple isle, apple jelly nodules

Origin of apple butter

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75

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Examples from the Web for apple butter

There's strychnia for example, as purely vegetable in its origin as apple-butter itself is.
Camp Venture|George Cary Eggleston
He choked a little and filled his hand with the apple-butter he was spreading on his cold biscuit.
In a Little Town|Rupert Hughes
Well, you old hoosier, you, can you gimme some apple-butter?
Tramping with Tramps|Josiah Flynt
The supernumeraries dispense the coffee, bread, apple-butter, and sweetnin'.
Our campaign around Gettysburg|John Lockwood

Valuable for stock and for apple-butter; Season, October to January.
American Pomology|J. A. Warder

British Dictionary definitions for apple butter

apple butter

noun

a jam made from stewed spiced apples

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apple butter

noun

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apple butter

noun