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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Words related to buttery

rancid, butyraceous

Words nearby buttery

butterpaste, butterscotch, butterweed, butterwort, butterworth, buttery, butthead, butthole, butthurt, buttie, butting

Origin of buttery

First recorded in 1350–1400, buttery is from the Middle English word buttry. See butter, -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM buttery

but·ter·i·ness, noun

Definition 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

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

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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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But with unlimited access to the luxurious sandwiches, piled high with glistening meat, a buttery apocalypse of gluttony unfolded.
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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.
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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.
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The buttery was a big bare room on the shady side of the house, where great pans of milk stood on a long table.
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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?
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Her mother went to the "buttery" for it: a buttery is a place for keeping casks and barrels and bottles.
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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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