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1. (adj.) buttery
like, containing, or spread with butter.
2. buttery
resembling butter, as in smoothness or softness of texture.
3. buttery
grossly flattering; smarmy.
4. (n.) buttery
Chiefly New Eng. a storeroom for provisions, wines, and liquors; pantry or larder.
5. buttery
Brit. a room in a college or university where students may buy food and drink.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME boterie < AF, prob. der. of botebutt4)
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| Definition of 'buttery' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pantry, larder, buttery
a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
2. (adj) buttery
a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals
3. (adj) buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous
unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
"buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments"
4. (adj) buttery
resembling or containing or spread with butter
"a rich buttery cake"
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| Definition of 'buttery' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) buttery
having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter
2. (noun) buttery
an apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept
3. (noun) buttery
a room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and refreshments are kept for sale to the students
4. (noun) buttery
a cellar in which butts of wine are kept
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Sense: to spread with butter
She buttered the bread.; a buttery knife.
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 Afrikaans: botterige |
 Arabic: زُبْدي |
 Bulgarian: маслен |
 Brazilian: de/com manteiga |
 Czech: máslový, na máslo |
 German: butterig |
 Danish: smøragtig |
 Greek: βουτυρωμένος, καλυμμένος |
 Spanish: mantecoso |
 Estonian: võine |
 Farsi: کره دار |
 Finnish: voinen |
 French: beurré, couvert de beurre |
 Hebrew: שֶל חֶמְאָה |
 Hindi: चाकू |
 Croatian: kao maslac |
 Hungarian: vajas |
 Indonesian: mengandung mentega |
 Icelandic: smjörkenndur; þakinn smjö |
 Italian: imburrato, burroso |
 Japanese: バターの付いた |
 Korean: 버터를 바른 |
 Lithuanian: sviestuotas |
 Latvian: sviestains |
 Malay: bermentega |
 Dutch: boterachtig |
 Norwegian: smør-, smørliknende |
 Polish: maślany |
 Persian: کره دار |
 Pashto: کوچ لرونکی |
 Portuguese: de/com manteiga |
 Romanian: cu unt; untos |
 Russian: масляный |
 Slovak: na maslo, maslový |
 Slovenian: maslen |
 Serbian: koji je umazan maslacem |
 Swedish: smörig |
 Thai: เลอะเนย |
 Turkish: yağlı |
 Taiwanese: 沾有奶油的 |
 Ukrainian: масляний |
 Urdu: مکھن بھرا |
 Vietnamese: có bơ |
 Chinese: 黄油的 |
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