BUTTER


Meaning of BUTTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ bʌtə(r) ]

( butters, buttering, buttered)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

Butter is a soft yellow substance made from cream. You spread it on bread or use it in cooking.

...bread and butter...

Pour the melted butter into a large mixing bowl.

N-MASS

2.

If you butter something such as bread or toast, you spread butter on it.

She spread pieces of bread on the counter and began buttering them.

...buttered scones.

VERB : V n , V-ed

3.

see also bread and butter , peanut butter

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