Definitions for butter
ˈbʌt ərbut·ter

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. butternoun

   an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use

2. butterverb

   a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head

3. butterverb

   spread butter on

   "butter bread"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. butternoun

   Someone who butts; someone who butts in

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BUTTERnoun

   Etymology: buttere, Sax. butyrum, Lat.

   1. An unctuous substance made by agitating the cream of milk, till the oil separates from the whey.

   And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set before them. Gen. xviii. 8.

   2. Butter of antimony.A chymical preparation, made by uniting the acid spirits of sublimate corrosive with regulus of antimony. It is a great caustick. John Harris3. Butter of tin,is made with tin and sublimate corrosive. This preparation continually emits fumes. John Harris

2. To Butterverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To smear, or oil with butter.

   ’Twas her brother, that, in pure kindness to his horse, buttered his hay. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   Words butter no parsnips. Roger L'Estrange.

   2. To encrease the stakes every throw, or every game: a cant term among gamesters.

   It is a fine simile in one of Mr. Congreve’s prologues, which compares a writer to a buttering gamester, that stakes all his winning upon one cast; so that if he loses the last throw, he is sure to be undone. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 40.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Butter

   Butter is a dairy product made from the fat and protein components of churned cream. It is a semi-solid emulsion at room temperature, consisting of approximately 80% butterfat. It is used at room temperature as a spread, melted as a condiment, and used as an ingredient in baking, sauce making, pan frying, and other cooking procedures. Most frequently made from cow's milk, butter can also be manufactured from the milk of other mammals, including sheep, goats, buffalo, and yaks. It is made by churning milk or cream to separate the fat globules from the buttermilk. Salt and food colorings are sometimes added to butter. Rendering butter, removing the water and milk solids, produces clarified butter or ghee, which is almost entirely butterfat. Butter is a water-in-oil emulsion resulting from an inversion of the cream, where the milk proteins are the emulsifiers. Butter remains a firm solid when refrigerated, but softens to a spreadable consistency at room temperature, and melts to a thin liquid consistency at 32 to 35 °C (90 to 95 °F). The density of butter is 911 grams per litre (0.950 lb per US pint). It generally has a pale yellow color, but varies from deep yellow to nearly white. Its natural, unmodified color is dependent on the source animal's feed and genetics, but the commercial manufacturing process commonly manipulates the color with food colorings like annatto or carotene.

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1. butter

   Butter is a dairy product typically made from cow's milk, but can also derive from the milk of other mammals like sheep, goats, or buffaloes. It is made by churning or agitating the milk or cream until the fats separate from the liquid and form into a semi-solid state. It is commonly used as a spread, in cooking, or for baking, adding flavor and richness to dishes.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Butternoun

   an oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning

2. Butternoun

   any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao, vegetable butter, shea butter

3. Butterverb

   to cover or spread with butter

4. Butterverb

   to increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game

5. Butternoun

   one who, or that which, butts

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1. Butter

   Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. It is generally used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking, such as baking, sauce making, and pan frying. Butter consists of butterfat, milk proteins and water. Most frequently made from cows' milk, butter can also be manufactured from the milk of other mammals, including sheep, goats, buffalo, and yaks. Salt, flavorings and preservatives are sometimes added to butter. Rendering butter produces clarified butter or ghee, which is almost entirely butterfat. Butter is a water-in-oil emulsion resulting from an inversion of the cream, an oil-in-water emulsion; the milk proteins are the emulsifiers. Butter remains a solid when refrigerated, but softens to a spreadable consistency at room temperature, and melts to a thin liquid consistency at 32–35 °C. The density of butter is 911 g/L. It generally has a pale yellow color, but varies from deep yellow to nearly white. Its unmodified color is dependent on the animals' feed and is commonly manipulated with food colorings in the commercial manufacturing process, most commonly annatto or carotene.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Butter

   but′ėr, n. an oily substance obtained from cream by churning.—v.t. to spread over with butter.—ns. Butt′er-bird, the name in Jamaica for the rice-bunting; Butt′er-boat, a table vessel for holding melted butter; Butt′er-bump, a bittern; Butt′er-bur, -dock, the sweet coltsfoot; Butt′ercup, a plant of the Crowfoot genus, with a cup-like flower of a golden yellow; Butt′er-fing′ers, one who lets a cricket-ball he ought to catch slip through his fingers; Butt′er-fish (see Gunnel); Butt′erfly, the name of an extensive group of beautiful winged insects: (fig.) a light-headed person.—adj. light, flighty, like a butterfly.—ns. Butt′erine, an artificial fatty compound sold as a substitute for butter—since 1887 only allowed to be sold under the names margarine or oleo-margarine; Butt′er-milk, the milk that remains after the butter has been separated from the cream by churning; Butt′er-nut, the oily nut of the North American white walnut, the tree itself or its light-coloured close-grained wood: the nut of a lofty timber-tree of Guiana—the souari-nut; Butt′er-scotch, a kind of toffee containing a large admixture of butter; Butt′er-tree, a genus of plants found in the East Indies and in Africa, remarkable for a sweet buttery substance yielded by their seeds when boiled; Butt′er-wife, Butt′er-wom′an, a woman who makes and sells butter; Butt′er-wort, a genus of small plants found in marshy places, so called either from the power of the leaves to coagulate milk, or from their peculiar sliminess.—adj. Butt′ery, like butter. [A.S. butere; Ger. butter; both from L. butyrum—Gr. boutyron—bous ox, tyros, cheese.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Butter

   The fatty portion of milk, separated as a soft yellowish solid when milk or cream is churned. It is processed for cooking and table use. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. butteradjective

   Well liked, smoothed out. "Phife Dog is on the mic and I'm smooth like butter. It's like butter, not no Parkay, not no margerine, strictly butter, baby" -- A Tribe Called Quest (Butter). "The women like me, im dipped in butter"- Mac Dre

2. butteradjective

   Easy or not difficult.

3. butternoun

   Crack rocks, "Yea I got those butters dawg" Something you put on toast, akin to spread This can reference a fine women with an ugly face. "She fine everywhere BUTT-ER-FACE!" "butters" nice, long wavy hair. ex: "damn that nigga got butters (buddas)."

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. butter

   A type of food and dairy product.

   Butter is sold in various forms.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on November 30, 2016  

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BUTTER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Butter is ranked #39164 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Butter surname appeared 562 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Butter.
   
   72.9% or 410 total occurrences were White.
   10.1% or 57 total occurrences were Black.
   8.9% or 50 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   6.2% or 35 total occurrences were Asian.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'butter' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4675

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'butter' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2415

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'butter' in Nouns Frequency: #1775

How to pronounce butter?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of butter in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of butter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of butter in a Sentence

1. Miguel de Cervantes:

   I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine every man for himself, and God for us all.

2. Betty Naomi Friedan:

   Each suburban wife struggled with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffered Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night-she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question-Is this all

3. Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures (regarding popcorn):

   If you put butter and salt on it, it tastes like salty butter.

4. Samantha Heller:

   There is no one miracle food that will launch us into immortality, the lifestyle as a whole must be considered, including daily physical activity and eating less( of) animal foods like meat, cheese and butter. It is easiest to encourage people to eat a variety of plant foods such as salads, trail mix, roasted vegetables, pasta primavera, almond butter and banana sandwiches, lentil soup, or edamame hummus.

5. Amy Kimberlain:

   A person may be eating oatmeal with plant-based milk and fruit for breakfast, and I'll ask them to add hemp seeds, flax seeds or chia seeds, or even a nut butter like peanut butter.

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