Definition of buttery Buttery
/bʌˈtɚi/ - [buteree] - but•ter•y
We found 15 definitions of buttery from 6 different sources.
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What does buttery mean?
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NounPlural: butteries |
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| buttery - a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals | ||
| buttery - a small storeroom for storing foods or wines | ||
| pantry, larder | ||
| storage room, storeroom, stowage a room in which things are stored | ||
Adjectivebuttery, butterier, butteriest |
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| buttery - unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments" | ||
| fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous | ||
| insincere lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere" | ||
| buttery - resembling or containing or spread with butter; "a rich buttery cake" | ||
| fatty, fat containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- buttery (a.)
Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter. - buttery (n.)
An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept. - buttery (n.)
A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and refreshments are kept for sale to the students. - buttery (n.)
A cellar in which butts of wine are kept.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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buttery
As soft as butter; very soft.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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buttery
but′ėr-i, n. a storeroom in a house for provisions, esp. liquors.—ns. Butt′ery-bar, the ledge for holding tankards in the buttery; Butt′ery-hatch, a half-door over which provisions are handed from the buttery. [Fr. bouteillerie, lit. 'place for bottles.' See Butler, Bottle.]
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🔤- buttery, noun, singular of butteries.
- buttery, adjective.
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