buttery
noun pl. butteries
- a storeroom for wine and liquor
- Dialectal a larder (sense )
- a room in some English colleges where students may buy provisions
adjective
- like butter, as in consistency
- containing or spread with butter
- inclined to flattery; adulatory
See buttery in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(bŭtˈə-rē)
adjective- Containing or spread with butter.
- Like or resembling butter.
- Marked by effusive and insincere flattery.
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(bŭtˈə-rē, bŭtˈrē)
noun pl. but·ter·ies - A room in which liquors are stored.
- Chiefly British A place in colleges and universities where students may buy provisions.
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