butter spreader

American  

noun

1. a small knife with a wide, flat blade, as for spreading butter on bread or rolls.

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Example Sentences

Bread and butter plates, with the butter spreader, are always used, except at formal dinners, when the dinner-roll is laid in the fold of the napkin.

From Project Gutenberg

The upper right-hand side of the bread and butter plate is the place for the butter spreader.

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For the latter, a small knife, called a butter spreader, is sometimes provided.

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