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buttery¹ Definition

but·tery (but′ər ē, but′rē)

noun pl. -·ter·ies

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

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

buttery² Definition

but·tery (but′ər ē)

adjective

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

buttery Usage Examples

Used with adjective complement

taste: Published: 25 February 2006 Although it tastes deliciously buttery, butterscotch is mostly sugar.

Modifies a noun

  • pastry: The smell of coffee, the taste of buttery pastry.
  • sauce: Then just sit back & dip ' fondue style ' into a buttery caramel sauce!
  • flavor: The wine's great length leaves an impression of silky, almost buttery flavors.
  • consistency: Soft Consistency Artists ' Acrylic Color offers the smooth, buttery consistency preferred by most acrylic artists.
  • taste: Golden Caster Light, fine grained with subtle buttery taste, Golden Caster is the natural alternative to refined white caster sugar.
  • fruit: The second offers considerable character for its price with its interesting concentration of buttery fruit, plus a hint of spice.

Modifying Another Word

  • very: That is very buttery, it's very warm.
  • almost: The wine's great length leaves an impression of silky, almost buttery flavors.

Noun used with modifier

  • college: Be warned tho: if you want the cheap stuff, get there before your college buttery opens.
  • nothing: Poole now takes us on to what he calls " nothing buttery " , or reductionism.