| 单词 | butter spade |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutter spade butter spade n. (a) a wooden spatula used to work butter; a small shovel used to remove butter from a churn or container; (b) a wooden paddle used (as one of a pair) to shape butter; a butter pat (butter pat n. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > churning butter > tool for sampling or serving butter butter scoop1781 butter trier1825 butter spade1851 1851 H. Stephens & J. P. Norton Farmer's Guide Sci. & Pract. Agric. II. 279/2 A butter spade of a shape long used in a dairy, the face being 4 inches square, and the handle 4 inches long. 1906 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 119/1 An old Dublin butter-spade with ivory handle. 2013 Helensburgh (Scotl.) Advertiser (Nexis) 8 May A 70-year-old pair of butter spades, a family heirloom that comes with the story of the lost art of making bespoke butter pats. < as lemmas |
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