buttery
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noun, plural but·ter·ies.
1.
Chiefly New England. a room or rooms in which the provisions, wines, and liquors of a household are kept; pantry; larder.
2.
a room in colleges, especially at Oxford and Cambridge universities, from which articles of food and drink are sold or dispensed to the students.
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buttery1 (ˈbʌtərɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | containing, like, or coated with butter |
| 2. | informal grossly or insincerely flattering; obsequious |
| 'butteriness1 | |
| —n | |
| buttery2 (ˈbʌtərɪ) | |
| —n , pl -teries | |
| 1. | a room for storing foods or wines |
| 2. | (Brit) (in some universities) a room in which food is supplied or sold to students |
| [C14: from Anglo-French boterie, from Anglo-Latin buteria, probably from butta cask, | |
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Example sentences
Add a squeeze of lime, and a spoon of buttery brown sugar.
They'll be fattened for the sushi market, where their buttery meat fetches high prices.
At the buttery spread sampling, attendees did report liking all three products.
They have also been pursued for centuries for their rich, buttery flesh.
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