buttery

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Made with or tasting of butter

The buttery-tasting cookie was actually made with margarine, but you couldn't tell by tasting it.

Resembling butter in some way

The old paper was a buttery color you no longer get.

A room in a university where snacks are sold
A room for keeping food or beverages
{n} the place where provisions are kept
{a} smeared with or like butter, oily
Associated with some white wines, notably California Chardonnays It refers to both flavor and texture or "mouthfeel "
a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals resembling or containing or spread with butter; "a rich buttery cake"
a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals
Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter
An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept
Indicates the smell of melted butter or toasty oak Also a reference to texture, as in "a rich, buttery Chardonnay "
The "Butler's" room off the Great Hall Wine cellar, serving room, silverware, etc See also Pantry (I'm not sure how the allocation of functions between the buttery and the pantry were differentiated -- in Norman French/English buttery means 'bottle room' and pantry means 'bread room')
Indicates the smell of melted butter or toasty oak Also a reference to texture, as in "a rich, buttery Chardonnay " Often imparted by ML - that is, MALOLACTIC or secondary fermentation
a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
Buttery food contains butter or is covered with butter. buttery new potatoes. the buttery taste of the pastry
Describes taste sensation found in better white wines, particularly Chardonnay
A relatively high level of oily material suspended in the coffee beverage The result of substantial amounts of fat present in the beans Most often a characteristic of high coffee-to-water ratio brews
resembling or containing or spread with butter; "a rich buttery cake"
A rich and oily flavor
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
Next to the kitchen, a room from where wine was dispensed
{i} pantry
The smell, and occasionally the flavor, of butter in wine Sometimes used to describe the heavy glycerin feeling of melted butter in wine or to describe the color that wines sometimes achieve
Descriptor for rich flavor and smoothness of texture, somewhat akin to the oiliness and flavor of butter More often refers to oak-aged white wines than reds; many Chardonnays and white Burgundies are said to have buttery aromas and flavors
Describes a desirable aroma detectable in quality wines, especially if they have been made using the malolactic fermentation method
A cellar in which butts of wine are kept
a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals resembling or containing or spread with butter; "a rich buttery cake" 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
A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and refreshments are kept for sale to the students
Next to the kitchen, a room from where wine was dispensed; Room for the service of beverages
buttery bar
The door to the buttery was often split horizontally, with a shelf (the buttery-bar) attached to the top of the bottom part, and the person who was tapping the butts in the buttery would put the full cups on the buttery-bar for the drinkers

Certain members will recall that the building originally consisted of two uses, including the primary hotel use and the public house (Buttery Bar), as a distinct separate unit to the west of the hotel’s main High Street entrance. Whilst many of the original external features have been retained nonetheless, the buttery bar has been long lost and the building has the air of neglect and the commencement of decay, with its heyday a distant past.

butterier
comparative of buttery
butteries
plural of buttery
butteriest
superlative of buttery
buttery

    Hyphenation

    but·te·ry

    Turkish pronunciation

    bʌtıri

    Pronunciation

    /ˈbətərē/ /ˈbʌtɜriː/

    Etymology

    [ 'b&-t&-rE, 'b&-trE ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English boterie, from Middle French, from botte cask, butt; more at BUTT.
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