butter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bŭʹtər
ipa: /ˈbʌt.əɹ/
ipa: /ˈbʌ.tə/
ipa: [ˈbɐt.ʰə]
ipa: /ˈbʌ.tɚ/
ipa: [ˈbʌ.ɾɚ]
ipa: /ˈba.tə/
ipa: [ˈba.ɾə]
ipa: /ˈbʌ.tɚ/
ipa: [ˈbʌ.ʔɚ]
ipa: /ˈbʊtə/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: /ˈbʊhɐ/
rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: butters
Etymology: PIE word
 *gʷṓws
From Middle English buter, butter, from Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, “cow cheese”), compound of βοῦς (boûs, “ox, cow”) and τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”).
Senses: glosses: A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
examples: text: peanut butter
text: soy butter
text: chocolate butter
glosses: 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).
examples: text: Butters such as cocoa, illippe, kokum, mango, murumuru, sal (shorea) and shea occur naturally and are obtained directly from the plant.
ref: 2016 September 7, Elaine Stavert, Beauty Oils & Butter, GMC PUBLICATIONS LTD, →ISBN:
text: Butters are triglycerides […]. Cocoa butter (Theobroma cacao) is used as an emollient in topical cosmetic formulations, […] South American and the Brazilian rainforest offer various plants with common butters used in the industry that include […] cupuaçu butter […] and murumuru butter from the murumuru palm tree (Astrocaryum murumuru). India is another source of many butters used in cosmetic products, including kokum butter extracted from the seeds of the Garcinia indica tree, mango butter from the Mangifera indica tree and shea butter[…]
ref: 2019 April 5, Heather A.E. Benson, Michael S. Roberts, Vania Rodrigues Leite-Silva, Kenneth Walters, Cosmetic Formulation: Principles and Practice, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 227:
glosses: Any of various substances made from other (especially plant-based) oils or fats, used in moisturizers, cosmetics, etc.
examples: text: butter of antimony; butter of arsenic
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any specific soft substance.
examples: text: That landing was total butter!
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A smooth plane landing.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: almond butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: almond-butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: apple butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: back butter
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word: back-butter
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word: bean-butter
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word: black butter
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word: blue butter
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word: body butter
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word: bog butter
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word: brandy butter
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word: bread-and-butter
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word: bread and butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: bread-and-butter issue
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word: bread-and-butter letter
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word: bread-and-butter note
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word: bread-and-butter pickle
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word: bread-and-butter plate
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word: bread-and-butter pudding
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word: bread and butter pudding
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word: brown butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: budder
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: bull butter
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word: butterable
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word: butter-and-egger
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word: butter-and-egg man
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word: butter-and-egg money
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word: butter-and-eggs
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word: butter bar
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word: butter bean
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word: butterbird
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word: butter board
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word: butter boat
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word: butter bomb
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word: butter-box
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word: butter bread
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word: butter brickle
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word: butterburger
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word: butterbutt
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word: butter cake
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word: butter chicken
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word: butter clam
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word: buttercream
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: butter cream
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word: buttercrunch
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word: butter curler
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word: butter dish
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word: butterdock
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word: butterer
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word: butterface
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: butter face
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word: butterfaced
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word: butter-fat
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: butter fat
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word: butter-fingered
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word: butter fingers
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word: butter flap
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word: butter flower
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word: butter fruit
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word: butterhead
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word: butterhorn
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word: butter icing
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word: butter keeper
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word: butter lamp
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word: butterleaf
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word: butterlike
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word: butterman
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word: butter measure
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word: buttermint
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word: butter mochi
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word: buttermonger
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word: butter mountain
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word: butter-muslin
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word: butter muslin
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: butter of antimony
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: butter of arsenic
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: butter of tin
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: butter of zinc
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: butter oil
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: butteroil
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word: butter paddle
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word: butter paper
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word: butter pat
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word: butter pear
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word: butter pie
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word: butter plate
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word: butter salt
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word: butter scoop
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word: butterscotch
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word: butter-slide
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word: butter slime
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word: butterspoon
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word: butter tart
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word: butter tea
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word: butter tofu
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word: butter tooth
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word: butter tree
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word: butter will not melt in someone's mouth
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word: butterwoman
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word: butter-woman
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: butter won't melt in someone's mouth
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: butter would not melt in someone's mouth
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth
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word: butter yellow
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word: cacao butter
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word: cannabutter
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word: clarified butter
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word: cocoa butter
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word: compound butter
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word: cookie butter
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word: cowboy butter
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word: Cumberland rum butter
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word: drawn butter
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word: duck butter
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word: egg butter
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word: fairies' butter
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word: fairy butter
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word: garlic butter
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word: gooey butter cake
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word: green butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: guns and butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: head-butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: head butter
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word: herb butter
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word: honey butter
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word: kanya butter
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word: karite butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: knob of butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: kombo butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: land with one's bum in the butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: like a hot knife through butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: like a knife through butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: like butter on a bald monkey
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: lung butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: maître d' butter
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word: maple butter
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word: melt someone's butter
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word: midshipman's butter
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word: nonbutter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: nun's butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: nut-brown butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: nut butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: nutter
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word: palm butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: palm-butter
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word: pea butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: peanut butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: peanut butter and jelly
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: peanut-butter-and-jelly
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word: peanut-butter cup
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: peanut butter cup
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word: poor man's butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: print butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: process butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: put butter on one's bread
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word: rebutter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: renovated butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: rock butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: rum butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: school-butter
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word: shea butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: shea butter tree
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word: smooth as butter
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word: snail butter
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word: snuff-and-butter
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word: sugar-butter sauce
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word: sweet butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: tanning butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: truffle butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: vegetable butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: whatever melts your butter
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word: whipped butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: whiskey butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: whisky butter
sense: Terms derived from butter (noun)
word: witches' butter
Related terms: butterface
butterfly
butter-ham