butterbread

[ buht-er-bred ]

/ ˈbʌt ərˌbrɛd /

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noun Chiefly Pennsylvania.

bread spread with butter.

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Origin of butterbread

First recorded in 1905–10; a calque of the Pennsylvania Dutch equivalent of German Butterbrot; see butter, bread

Words nearby butterbread

butter, butter-and-egg man, butter-and-eggs, butterball, butter bean, butterbread, butter brickle, butterbur, butter clam, butter cookie, buttercream