buttery

[buht-uh-ree]

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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, buttery is from the Middle English word buttry. See butter, -y¹

Related formsbut·ter·i·ness, noun

buttery

[buht-uh-ree, buh-tree]

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

1350–1400; Middle English boterie < Anglo-French, probably equivalent to bote butt⁴ + -erie -ery

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Examples from the Web for buttery

Depending on the producer, Champagne can also be highly cloyingly sweet, buttery, or round, or mineral.
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The buttery, nutty, and sweet and salty all work together to form a balance of flavors.
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There is more of a buttery and smooth taste profile with this wine.
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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

We recommend the buttery miso ramen, topped with a soft-boiled egg, scallions, and corn.
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Ellen, don't let a soul go into the buttery except yourself.
The Wide, Wide World|Susan Warner
And then jest as I was gettin' into a drowse, I heered the cat in the buttery, and I got up to let her out.
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor|Various
The buttery was a big bare room on the shady side of the house, where great pans of milk stood on a long table.
The Tale of Miss Kitty Cat|Arthur Scott Bailey
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
Her mother went to the "buttery" for it: a buttery is a place for keeping casks and barrels and bottles.
The Children's Book of Celebrated Pictures|Lorinda Munson Bryant

British Dictionary definitions for buttery

buttery

adjective

containing, like, or coated with butter

informal grossly or insincerely flattering; obsequious

Derived Formsbutteriness, 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

Word Origin for buttery

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

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Word Origin and History for buttery

buttery

adj.

"resembling butter," late 14c., from butter (n.) + -y (2). Related: Butteriness.

buttery

"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.

buttery

adjective

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buttery

noun, plural but·ter·ies.

Origin of buttery

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buttery

adjective

noun plural -teries

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