butter
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
butter/ˈbʌtə(r)/
▶noun a pale yellow edible fatty substance made by churning cream and used as a spread or in cooking. ▶verb
- 1 spread with butter.
- 2 (butter someone up) informal flatter someone.
– phrases
look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth informal appear innocent while being the opposite.
look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth informal appear innocent while being the opposite.
– origin OE butere, of W. Gmc origin, based on L. butyrum, from Gk bouturon.
'butter' also found in these Oxford entries:
Alfredo
- beurre blanc
- brandy butter
- bread
- bread-and-butter letter
- butter-and-eggs
- butter bean
- butterbur
- buttercream
- butterfly
- butterhead lettuce
- butter icing
- buttermilk
- butter muslin
- butterscotch
- buttery
- butty
- butyric acid
- cacao
- caramel
- churn
- clarify
- cocoa butter
- coconut butter
- continental breakfast
- couverture
- cream
- creamery
- firkin
- flapjack
- fudge
- ghee
- hard sauce
- hollandaise sauce
- knob
- lemon curd
- makhani
- margarine
- meunière
- mountain
- Mughlai
- panettone
- peanut butter
- roux
- rum butter
- saganaki
- schmear
- scrape
- shea butter
