butter
IPA: bˈʌtɝ
noun
- A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
- Any of various foodstuffs made from other foods or oils, similar in consistency to, eaten like or intended as a substitute for butter (preceded by the name of the food used to make it).
- Any of various substances made from other (especially plant-based) oils or fats, used in moisturizers, cosmetics, etc.
- (obsolete, chemistry) Any specific soft substance.
- (aviation, slang) A smooth plane landing.
- Someone who butts, or who butts in.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To spread butter on.
- (skiing, snowboarding) To move one's weight backwards or forwards onto the tips or tails of one's skis or snowboard so only the tip or tail is in contact with the snow. Similar to applying butter to bread with then end of a butterknife.
- To spin on skis or a snowboard using only the tips or tails being in contact with the snow
- (slang, obsolete, transitive) To increase (stakes) at every throw of dice, or every game.
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Examples of "butter" in Sentences
- The butter is next to the cheese.
- The butter acts as a preservative.
- It may be basted with butter or not.
- The quantity of butter is different.
- The sandwich is then buttered and fried.
- The former produced of butter and of cheese.
- If the butter is a little firmer, that will help, too!
- Gleebp, peanut butter and cheese together are luscious.
- The cultured butter flavor grows as the butter is aged in cold storage.
- They are one of the largest producers of butter and cheese in the United States.
- Whisk in butter and a vanilla paste until butter is melted and custard is smooth.
- Scald the milk by heating it in a small pan with the butter until it is almost boiling.
- Mash lightly, then add in butter and continue to mash potatoes until butter is well incorporated.
- In the simplest terms, cocoa butter is the fat in chocolate that makes it melt in your mouth and in your hand.
- Add cold butter and pulse in a food processor (a pastry cutter or a fork will work also) until the butter is the size of small peas.
- Hmm ... butter is definitely yum but I don't know about drinking it; P Seriously - these were * drowning* in butter, and I don't mean a thin film.
- But it is not so readily digestible as butter is; is more liable to give rise to the butyric acid fermentations in the stomach; is not nearly so appetizing; and its sale as, and under the name of, _butter_ is a fraud which the law rightly forbids and punishes.
- Evidently the making of butter was almost totally discontinued, for in his last instructions, completed only a few days before his death, he wrote: "And It is hoped and will be expected, that more effectual measures will be pursued to make butter another year; for it is almost beyond belief, that from 101 Cows actually reported on a late enumeration of the Cattle, that I am obliged to _buy butter_ for the use of my family."