butter
buttered; butters; buttering
Butter is a creamy spread made from milk fat. Your favorite breakfast might be hot toast slathered with butter.
The process of making butter involves churning cream until the fats coagulate and become creamy and pale yellow. Butter is sometimes salted, and usually formed into sticks for cooks to use in frying, baking, and spreading on corn on the cob and baked goods. To do this is to butter your bread. The Greek root word is boutyron, literally "cow cheese," from bous, "cow."
Definitions of butter
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an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
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stick
a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
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clarified butter, drawn butter
butter made clear by heating and removing the sediment of milk solids
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beurre noisette, brown butter
clarified butter browned slowly and seasoned with vinegar or lemon juice and capers
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Meuniere butter, lemon butter
clarified butter browned slowly and seasoned with lemon juice and parsley
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yak butter
butter made from yaks' milk
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ghee
clarified butter used in Indian cookery
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type of:
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food, solid food
any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment
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dairy product
milk and butter and cheese
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spread butter on“butter bread”
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cover
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
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cover
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a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head
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type of:
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battler, belligerent, combatant, fighter, scrapper
someone who fights (or is fighting)
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battler, belligerent, combatant, fighter, scrapper
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