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buttery

1

[ buht-uh-ree ]

adjective

  1. like, containing, or spread with butter.
  2. resembling butter, as in smoothness or softness of texture:

    a vest of buttery leather.

  3. grossly flattering; smarmy.


buttery

2

[ buht-uh-ree, buh-tree ]

noun

plural butteries.
  1. Chiefly New England. a room or rooms in which the provisions, wines, and liquors of a household are kept; pantry; larder.
  2. a room in colleges, especially at Oxford and Cambridge universities, from which articles of food and drink are sold or dispensed to the students.

buttery

1

/ ˈbʌtərɪ /

adjective

  1. containing, like, or coated with butter
  2. informal.
    grossly or insincerely flattering; obsequious
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

buttery

2

/ ˈbʌtərɪ /

noun

  1. a room for storing foods or wines
  2. (in some universities) a room in which food is supplied or sold to students
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈbutteriness, noun
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Other Words From

  • butter·i·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of buttery1

First recorded in 1350–1400;  Middle English buttry, buttrie; butter, -y 1

Origin of buttery2

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English boterie, butry, from Middle French, Old French, from Late Latin botāria (derivative of bota, butta “cask”) + -erie; butt 4, -ery
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Word History and Origins

Origin of buttery1

C14: from Anglo-French boterie , from Anglo-Latin buteria , probably from butta cask, butt 4
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Example Sentences

It features a beautiful, buttery lattice crust and a homemade raspberry and cranberry jam filling.

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New additions to the menu include Dunkin’s Holiday Cookie Signature Latte, which “boasts rich espresso blended with whole milk and notes of buttery cookie and toasted almond.”

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The fish could not be simpler to prepare: Seasoned with nothing more than salt and pepper and cooked in a buttery bath of white wine, it comes out of the oven deliciously moist and flaky.

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It is deliciously moist, and the buttery, creamy rich pecan-praline flavor shines through in every bite.

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Called Cheddar Bay 2024, the campaign “champions the values we can all rally behind — cheesiness, freshness, and that warm, buttery goodness we crave — because when biscuits rise, America thrives,” according to a press release.

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