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Definitions for Butter

[1] the fatty portion of milk, separating as a soft whitish or yellowish solid when milk or cream is agitated or churned.
[2] this substance, processed for cooking and table use.
[3] any of various other soft spreads for bread: apple butter; peanut butter.
[4] any of various substances of butterlike consistency, as various metallic chlorides, and certain vegetable oils solid at ordinary temperatures.
[5] to put butter on or in; spread or grease with butter.
[6] to apply a liquefied bonding material to (a piece or area), as mortar to a course of bricks.
[7] Metalworking . to cover (edges to be welded together) with a preliminary surface of the weld metal.
[8] butter up , Informal . to flatter someone in order to gain a favor: He suspected that they were buttering him up when everyone suddenly started being nice to him.
[9] an edible fatty whitish-yellow solid made from cream by churning, for cooking and table use (as modifier ) butter icing Related adjective: butyraceous
[10] any substance with a butter-like consistency, such as peanut butter or vegetable butter
[11] look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth to look innocent, although probably not so
[12] to put butter on or in
[13] to flatter

Words related to Butter

oil, shortening, margarine, spread, oleo, ghee

Words nearby Butter

butt-dial, butt-fuck, butt-fucker, buttals, butte, butter, butter bean, butter brickle, butter clam, butter cookie, butter knife

Origin of Butter

before 1000; Middle English; Old English butere < Latin būtȳrum < Greek boútȳron

Words that may be confused with Butter

budder, butter

Other words from Butter

but·ter·less , adjective
but·ter·like , adjective
un·but·tered , adjective

Word origin for Butter

Old English butere , from Latin būtyrum , from Greek bouturon , from bous cow + turos cheese

Synonyms for Butter

margarine, oil, shortening, ghee, oleo, spread