BUTTER

Butter

Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. It is generally used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking, such as baking, sauce making, and pan frying. Butter consists of butterfat, milk proteins and water.

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butter

Noun

  1. A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
  2. Any specific soft substance.
    butter of antimony
  3. Any of various foodstuffs made from other foods or oils, similar in consistency to, eaten like or intended as a substitute for butter (preceded by the name of the food used to make it).
    peanut butter

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Someone who butts; someone who butts in

Verb

  1. To spread butter on.
    Butter the toast.
  2. To move one's weight backwards or forwards onto the tips or tails of one's skis or snowboard so only the tip or tail is in contact with the snow.
  3. To increase (stakes) at every throw of dice, or every game.


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