adjective like, containing, or spread with butter . resembling butter , as in smoothness or softness of texture: a vest of buttery leather. grossly flattering; smarmy.
Origin of buttery 1 First recorded in
1350–1400, buttery is from the
Middle English word
buttry. See
butter ,
-y1 Related forms but·ter·i·ness , noun 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.
Show More
Origin of buttery 2 1350–1400; Middle English boterie <
Anglo-French, probably equivalent to
bote butt4 +
-erie -ery Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for buttery Contemporary Examples of buttery Depending on the producer, Champagne can also be highly cloyingly sweet, buttery , or round, or mineral.
The buttery , nutty, and sweet and salty all work together to form a balance of flavors.
There is more of a buttery and smooth taste profile with this wine.
But with unlimited access to the luxurious sandwiches, piled high with glistening meat, a buttery apocalypse of gluttony unfolded.
We recommend the buttery miso ramen, topped with a soft-boiled egg, scallions, and corn.
Historical Examples of buttery And then jest as I was gettin' into a drowse, I heard the cat in the buttery , and I got up to let her out.
An inward cellar within the buttery , which may serue for a Larder.
A staire-case into the Good-mans roomes ouer the Kitchin and Buttery .
Then the musicians withdrew to the buttery , and were themselves feasted.
Which performed, they, with the musick, are to return into the buttery .
British Dictionary definitions for buttery adjective containing, like, or coated with butter
informal grossly or insincerely flattering; obsequious
Show More
Derived Forms butteriness , noun 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
Show More
Word Origin for buttery C14: from Anglo-French boterie , from Anglo-Latin buteria , probably from butta cask, butt 4
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for buttery adj. "resembling butter," late 14c., from butter (n.) + -y (2). Related: Butteriness .
Show More
n. "place for storing liquor," originally "room where provisions are laid up" (late 14c.), from Old French boterie , from Late Latin botaria , from bota , variant of butta "cask, bottle;" see butt (n.2) + -ery .
Show More
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
