butter
A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
Noun 3 meanings
A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
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”
Any of various substances made from other (especially plant-based) oils or fats, used in moisturizers, cosmetics, etc.
Verb 2 meanings
To spread butter on.
“Butter the toast.”
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. Similar to applying butter to bread with the end of a knife.
Etymology
From Middle English buter, butter, from Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, “cow cheese”), compound of βοῦς (boûs, “ox, cow”) and τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”). Cognate with Dutch boter and German Butter.
BUTTER at a glance
BUTTER has 6 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (B 3 + U 1 + T 1 + T 1 + E 1 + R 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,536 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with butter
All rhymes- AFTER8
- BETTER8
- WATER8
- LATER5
- MATTER8
- CENTER8
- CHARACTER16
- DAUGHTER13
- MINISTER10
- COMPUTER14
- LETTER6
- SISTER6
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