butter dish

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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.

– origin OE butere, of W. Gmc origin, based on L. butyrum, from Gk bouturon.