butternoun [ U ]
uk/ˈbʌt.ər/us/ˈbʌt̬.ɚ/A1 a pale yellow solid food containing a lot of fat that is made from cream and is spread on bread or used in cooking:
We were served scones with butter and jam.
Have some bread and butter (= bread spread with butter).
a butter dish
More examples
- Cream the butter and sugar together.
- Fry the mushrooms in a little butter.
- Put a knob of butter in the frying pan.
- Mash the potatoes and then mix in the butter and herbs.
- First rub the baking tray well with butter.
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Dairy products & eggs
- albumen
- buttermilk
- buttery
- clotted cream
- condensed milk
- egg
- egg white
- egg yolk
- evaporated milk
- frittata
- half-and-half
- milk
- pasteurize
- semi-skimmed
- single cream
- skimmed milk
- soft-boiled
- whole milk
- yogurt
- yolk
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Fats & oils in food & cooking
Idiom(s)
butter wouldn't melt in sb's mouth
butterverb [ T ]
uk/ˈbʌt.ər/us/ˈbʌt̬.ɚ/to spread butter on something
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Preparing food
- can't boil an egg idiom
- caramelize
- carve
- clarified
- concoct
- cube
- dice
- fold
- leaven
- liquidize
- malt
- marinade
- marinate
- salt
- spice
- stuffed
- sweeten
- thicken
- thin
- whip sth up
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buttered
adjective uk/ˈbʌt.əd/us/ˈbʌt̬.ɚd/
buttered toast
Phrasal verb(s)
butter sb up