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Meaning of 'butter' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Butter [ n.]
- An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.
- Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao, vegetable butter, shea butter.
- One who, or that which, butts.
2 . Butter [ v. t.]
- To cover or spread with butter.
- To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game.

Meaning of 'butter' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . butter [ v]
Meaning (1):
- spread butter on
Example in sentence:
  • butter bread

Nearby Words:

but but-thorn butane butcher butcher's broom butchered butchering butcherliness butcherly butchery

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