BUTTERY

buttery

(adjective) resembling or containing or spread with butter; “a rich buttery cake”

buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous

(adjective) 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”

buttery

(noun) a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals

pantry, larder, buttery

(noun) a small storeroom for storing foods or wines

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

buttery (comparative butterier, superlative butteriest)

Made with or tasting of butter.

Resembling butter in some way, such as color or texture.

(informal) Marked by insincere flattery; obsequious.

Synonyms

• butterish

• butterlike

• butyraceous

• butyric (rare)

Etymology 2

Noun

buttery (plural butteries)

A room for keeping food or beverages; a storeroom.

(UK) A room in a university where snacks are sold.

Anagrams

• Buttrey, Tetbury

Proper noun

Buttery (plural Butterys)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Buttery is the 31068^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 747 individuals. Buttery is most common among White (95.45%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Buttrey, Tetbury

Source: Wiktionary

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But"ter*y, a.

Definition: Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter.

But"ter*y, n.; pl. Buttplwies (. Etym: [OE. botery, botry; cf. LL. botaria wine vessel; also OE. botelerie, fr. F. bouteillerie, fr. boutellie bottle. Not derived from butter. See Bottle a hollow vessel, Butt a cask.]

1. An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept. All that need a cool and fresh temper, as cellars, pantries, and butteries, to the north. Sir H. Wotton.

2. A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and refreshments are kept for sale to the students. And the major Oxford kept the buttery bar. E. Hall.

3. A cellar in which butts of wine are kept. Weale. Buttery hatch, a half door between the buttery or kitchen and the hall, in old mansions, over which provisions were passed. Wright.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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