buttery

(butər ē, but)

noun pl. butteries

  1. a storeroom for wine and liquor
  2. Dialectal a larder (sense )
  3. a room in some English colleges where students may buy provisions

Origin: ME boterie, ale cellar, pantry < OFr, storage room for casks < ML buteria: see butt

adjective

  1. like butter, as in consistency
  2. containing or spread with butter
  3. inclined to flattery; adulatory

See buttery in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Containing or spread with butter.
  2. Like or resembling butter.
  3. Marked by effusive and insincere flattery.

Related Forms:

  • butˈter·i·ness noun

noun pl. but·ter·ies
  1. A room in which liquors are stored.
  2. Chiefly British A place in colleges and universities where students may buy provisions.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English buttrie

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman buterie

Origin: , alteration of botelerie

Origin: , from Old French botele, bottle; see bottle

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