buttery

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[ buht-uh-ree ]
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adjective
  1. like, containing, or spread with butter.

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

  1. grossly flattering; smarmy.

Origin of buttery

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

Other words from buttery

  • but·ter·i·ness, noun

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Other definitions for buttery (2 of 2)

buttery2
[ buht-uh-ree, buh-tree ]

noun,plural but·ter·ies.
  1. Chiefly New England. a room or rooms in which the provisions, wines, and liquors of a household are kept; pantry; larder.

  2. 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

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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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British Dictionary definitions for buttery (1 of 2)

buttery1

/ (ˈbʌtərɪ) /


adjective
  1. containing, like, or coated with butter

  2. informal grossly or insincerely flattering; obsequious

Derived forms of buttery

  • butteriness, noun

British Dictionary definitions for buttery (2 of 2)

buttery2

/ (ˈbʌtərɪ) /


nounplural -teries
  1. a room for storing foods or wines

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

Origin of buttery

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

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