apple butter

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noun

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

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Origin of apple butter

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75

Words nearby apple butter

apple bee, apple blight, apple blossom, apple box, apple brandy, apple butter, Appleby, applecart, appledrain, apple green, Apple Islander

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How to use apple butter in a sentence

Leapolitan responded by saying, “hopefully youll [sic] bite into a poison apple.”
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Apple customers, on the other hand, are used to paying premium for perceived quality.
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The process of co-opting black music and selling it back to the adoring public in whiteface is as American as apple pie.
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In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

While the beans are cooling and drying, melt the butter in a saute pan over medium heat.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole|Carla Hall|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The sailors sometimes use it to fry their meat, for want of butter, and find it agreeable enough.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe
You see, they always butter their chairs so that they won't stick fast when they sit down.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
This gives to the second volume something of the smell of an apple store-room.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
The former, in its frozen state, somewhat resembled hard butter.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Twenty acres of apple trees all in a orchard together, and twenty acres of strawberries set out betwixt and between the rows!
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden

British Dictionary definitions for apple butter

apple butter

noun

a jam made from stewed spiced apples

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