Definitions for buttery

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buttery but·ter·y

Spelling: [buht-uh-ree]

IPA: /ˈbʌt ə ri/

Buttery is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in buttery (berttuy).

Definitions for buttery

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 buttery

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

Examples for buttery

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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