Sekirov Dictionary

buttery

UK /ˈbʌtəɹi/US /ˈbʌt(ə)ɹi/

adjective 4
noun 3
forms 3

adjective4

•
Made with or tasting of butter.
- The buttery-tasting cookie was actually made with margarine, but you couldn't tell by tasting it.
•
Resembling butter in some way, such as yellow color or smooth texture.
- The old paper was a buttery color you no longer get.
•
Ellipsis of buttery smooth.
- These include improved textures and character models plus a new buttery frame rate as the game gets boosted to 1080p resolution and animation of 60 frames per second. Stylish. — 2015
•
(informal) Marked by insincere flattery; obsequious.
- He'll be nothing but enraptured with your buttery words . — 1997

noun3

•
A room for keeping food or beverages; a storeroom.
- ‘This is the storehouse and buttery of my company of the Guard,’ — 1955
(UK) A room in a university where snacks are sold.
•
(Scotland) A rowie.
- "We used to make 50 tins of butteries just for our Saturday trade, now it's about 20 tins, se we've seen a real shift which we've put down to an increased focus on health." — 2024

forms

butteries · butterier · butteriest

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