apple butter

noun

apples stewed to a paste, spiced, sometimes sweetened, and served as a spread or condiment.

Origin of apple butter

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75

Words nearby apple butter

apple bee, apple blight, apple blossom, apple box, apple brandy, apple butter, Appleby, applecart, appledrain, apple green, Apple Islander

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Example sentences from the Web for apple butter

There's strychnia for example, as purely vegetable in its origin as apple-butter itself is.
Camp Venture|George Cary Eggleston
He choked a little and filled his hand with the apple-butter he was spreading on his cold biscuit.
In a Little Town|Rupert Hughes
Well, you old hoosier, you, can you gimme some apple-butter?
Tramping with Tramps|Josiah Flynt
The supernumeraries dispense the coffee, bread, apple-butter, and sweetnin'.
Our campaign around Gettysburg|John Lockwood

Valuable for stock and for apple-butter; Season, October to January.
American Pomology|J. A. Warder

British Dictionary definitions for apple butter

apple butter

noun

a jam made from stewed spiced apples

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	apple butter
释义	apple butter noun apples stewed to a paste, spiced, sometimes sweetened, and served as a spread or condiment. Origin of apple butter An Americanism dating back to 1765–75 Words nearby apple butter apple bee, apple blight, apple blossom, apple box, apple brandy, apple butter, Appleby, applecart, appledrain, apple green, Apple Islander Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for apple butter There's strychnia for example, as purely vegetable in its origin as apple-butter itself is. Camp Venture\|George Cary Eggleston He choked a little and filled his hand with the apple-butter he was spreading on his cold biscuit. In a Little Town\|Rupert Hughes Well, you old hoosier, you, can you gimme some apple-butter? Tramping with Tramps\|Josiah Flynt The supernumeraries dispense the coffee, bread, apple-butter, and sweetnin'. Our campaign around Gettysburg\|John Lockwood Valuable for stock and for apple-butter; Season, October to January. American Pomology\|J. A. Warder British Dictionary definitions for apple butter apple butter noun a jam made from stewed spiced apples Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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