butter
/ˈbʌtɚ/ noun A1- 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). · peanut butter· soy butter
- Any of various substances made from other (especially plant-based) oils or fats, used in moisturizers, cosmetics, etc.
- Something that is smooth, impressive, or appealing. (Compare smooth as butter.)
- A smooth plane landing. · That landing was total butter!
Plural butters
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Well, sit down, and let us begin with these pilchards, and this fresh butter; which I have put on some vine-leaves to please you, wicked one.
The March Hare took the watch and looked at it gloomily: then he dipped it into his cup of tea, and looked at it again: but he could think of nothing better to say than his first remark, “It was the _best_ butter, you know.”
Alice did not quite know what to say to this: so she helped herself to some tea and bread-and-butter, and then turned to the Dormouse, and repeated her question.
He came in with a teacup in one hand and a piece of bread-and-butter in the other.
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