buttery

[ buht-uh-ree ]

/ ˈbʌt ə ri /

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adjective

like, containing, or spread with butter.

resembling butter, as in smoothness or softness of texture: a vest of buttery leather.

grossly flattering; smarmy.

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Origin of buttery

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English buttry, buttrie; see butter, -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM buttery

but·ter·i·ness, noun

Words nearby buttery

butter up, butterweed, butterwort, Butterworth, butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth, buttery, buttfuck, butt-fucker, butthead, butt hinge, butthole

Other definitions for buttery (2 of 2)

buttery²

[ buht-uh-ree, buh-tree ]

/ ˈbʌt ə ri, ˈbʌ tri /

noun, plural but·ter·ies.

Chiefly New England. a room or rooms in which the provisions, wines, and liquors of a household are kept; pantry; larder.

a room in colleges, especially at Oxford and Cambridge universities, from which articles of food and drink are sold or dispensed to the students.

Origin of buttery

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English boterie, butry, from Middle French, Old French, from Late Latin botāria (derivative of bota, butta “cask”) + -erie; see origin at butt⁴, -ery

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How to use buttery in a sentence

A bowl of buttery, creamy mashed potatoes is a thing of beauty and elegance.
Potatoes aren’t the only vegetables you should be mashing|Aaron Hutcherson|January 20, 2021|Washington Post
A “nice, crunchy, buttery cookie,” with a pleasant level of salt.
Who makes the best chocolate chip cookie? We tasted 14 top brands and ranked them.|Matt Brooks|December 4, 2020|Washington Post
Points were awarded for this cookie’s “nicely browned color” and “buttery flavor,” and one taster said it looked homemade.
Who makes the best chocolate chip cookie? We tasted 14 top brands and ranked them.|Matt Brooks|December 4, 2020|Washington Post
To me, they are like a poor man’s shortbread cookie with a wonderfully buttery finish.
A one-bowl sheet-pan cookie so easy a child taught me how to make it|Ann Maloney|December 3, 2020|Washington Post

There are lots of good store bought options out there that’ll result in the buttery, golden-brown pie of your dreams.
The One Pie to Rule Them All|Elazar Sontag|November 30, 2020|Eater
Depending on the producer, Champagne can also be highly cloyingly sweet, buttery, or round, or mineral.
Champagne: You’re Drinking It All Wrong|Kayleigh Kulp|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The buttery, nutty, and sweet and salty all work together to form a balance of flavors.
The Cronut Gives Way to the Penis Pretzel|Tim Teeman|August 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Too much time in barrel equals a woody tasting, overly buttery, finish.
William Shatner Picks His Favorite Wines|William Shatner|July 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is more of a buttery and smooth taste profile with this wine.
William Shatner Picks His Favorite Wines|William Shatner|July 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But with unlimited access to the luxurious sandwiches, piled high with glistening meat, a buttery apocalypse of gluttony unfolded.
My Big, Buttery Lobster Roll Rumble: We Came, We Clawed, We Conquered|Scott Bixby|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Usher orders whats wanted from the Buttery: a link from the Chandler, and ale and wine.
Early English Meals and Manners|Various
Mrs. Solly Joel as she passed daily through the prison gate was a complete buttery.
A Woman's Part in a Revolution|Natalie Harris Hammond
I will serve the Duke of Christendom, and do him more credit in his cellar than all the plate in his buttery; is't not so, lad?
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10 (of 15)|Various
Aunt Phyllis went to the spring-house for the milk and the butter, and to the buttery for some other things.
The Sandman: His Farm Stories|William J. Hopkins
The Washington crest, in colored glass, was to be seen in a window of what is now the buttery.
From Farm House to the White House|William M. Thayer

British Dictionary definitions for buttery (1 of 2)

buttery¹

/ (ˈbʌtərɪ) /

adjective

containing, like, or coated with butter

informal grossly or insincerely flattering; obsequious

Derived forms of buttery

butteriness, noun

British Dictionary definitions for buttery (2 of 2)

buttery²

/ (ˈbʌtərɪ) /

noun plural -teries

a room for storing foods or wines

British (in some universities) a room in which food is supplied or sold to students

Word Origin for buttery

C14: from Anglo-French boterie, from Anglo-Latin buteria, probably from butta cask, butt 4

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