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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024but•ter•y1 /ˈbʌtəri/USA pronunciation adj. - like, containing, or spread with butter:a very buttery cake.
but•ter•y2 /ˈbʌtəri, ˈbʌtri/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -ter•ies. - British TermsBrit. a room in a college or university where students may buy food and drink.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024but•ter•y1 (but′ə rē),USA pronunciation adj. - like, containing, or spread with butter.
- resembling butter, as in smoothness or softness of texture:a vest of buttery leather.
- grossly flattering;
smarmy.
- Middle English buttry. See butter, -y1 1350–1400
- Dialect Terms[Chiefly New Eng.]a room or rooms in which the provisions, wines, and liquors of a household are kept;
pantry;
larder. - British Termsa room in colleges, esp. at Oxford and Cambridge universities, from which articles of food and drink are sold or dispensed to the students.
- Anglo-French, probably equivalent. to bote butt4 + -erie -ery
- Middle English boterie 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: buttery /ˈbʌtərɪ/ adj - containing, like, or coated with butter
ˈbutteriness n buttery /ˈbʌtərɪ/ n ( pl -teries)- a room for storing foods or wines
- Brit (in some universities) a room in which food is supplied or sold to students
Etymology: 14th Century: from Anglo-French boterie, from Anglo-Latin buteria, probably from butta cask, butt4 |