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buttery

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: buttery

1
 adj
resembling or containing or spread with butter
2
 n
a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
3
 n
a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: buttery
1

adj resembling or containing or spread with butter

“a rich buttery cake”
Synonyms
fat, fatty
containing or composed of fat

adj unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

“buttery praise”
Synonyms:
fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous
insincere
lacking sincerity
2

n a small storeroom for storing foods or wines

Synonyms:
larder, pantry
Types:
still room, stillroom
a pantry or storeroom connected with the kitchen (especially in a large house) for preparing tea and beverages and for storing liquors and preserves and tea etc
Type of:
storage room, storeroom, stowage
a room in which things are stored
3

n a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals

Type of:
tea parlor, tea parlour, teahouse, tearoom, teashop
a restaurant where tea and light meals are available
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