Butter

Quick meaning: Butter is a noun meaning A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).

Meaning

A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).

More Meanings

1. Any of various substances made from other (especially plant-based) oils or fats, used in moisturizers, cosmetics, etc.
2. (transitive) To spread butter on.
3. (cooking) Any of various foodstuffs made from other foods or oils, similar in consistency to, eaten like or intended as a substitute for butter (preceded by the name of the food used to make it).
4. (skiing, snowboarding) To move one's weight backwards or forwards onto the tips or tails of one's skis or snowboard so only the tip or tail is in contact with the snow. Similar to applying butter to bread with the end of a knife.
5. (obsolete, chemistry) Any specific soft substance.
6. (slang, sometimes attributive) Something that is smooth, impressive, or appealing. (Compare smooth as butter.)
7. (slang, obsolete, transitive) To increase (stakes) at every throw of dice, or every game.

Example Sentences

peanut butter

chocolate butter

Butter the toast.

butter of antimony; butter of arsenic

Word Forms

• butters
• butta
• buttah
• buttering
• buttered

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cream, bread, butterfat, cake, cheese, peanut.

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