Definitions for butteries

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butteries but·ter·y

Spelling: [buht-uh-ree]

IPA: /ˈbʌt ə ri/

Butteries is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 343 anagrams from letters in butteries (beeirsttu).

Definitions for butteries

noun

1. Chiefly New England. a room or rooms in which the provisions, wines, and liquors of a household are kept; pantry; larder.
2. a room in colleges, especially at Oxford and Cambridge universities, from which articles of food and drink are sold or dispensed to the students.

adjective

1. like, containing, or spread with butter.
2. resembling butter, as in smoothness or softness of texture:
3. grossly flattering; smarmy.

Origin of butteries

First recorded in 1350-1400, buttery is from the Middle English word buttry. See butter, -y¹

Examples for butteries

Then the musicians withdrew to the buttery, and were themselves feasted.

But with unlimited access to the luxurious sandwiches, piled high with glistening meat, a buttery apocalypse of gluttony unfolded.

An inward cellar within the buttery, which may serue for a Larder.

And then jest as I was gettin' into a drowse, I heard the cat in the buttery, and I got up to let her out.

A staire-case into the Good-mans roomes ouer the Kitchin and buttery.

We recommend the buttery miso ramen, topped with a soft-boiled egg, scallions, and corn.

There is more of a buttery and smooth taste profile with this wine.

Which performed, they, with the musick, are to return into the buttery.

The buttery, nutty, and sweet and salty all work together to form a balance of flavors.

Depending on the producer, Champagne can also be highly cloyingly sweet, buttery, or round, or mineral.