Associations to the word «Buttery»
Wiktionary
BUTTERY, noun. A room for keeping food or beverages; a storeroom.
BUTTERY, noun. (UK) A room in a university where snacks are sold.
BUTTERY, adjective. Made with or tasting of butter.
BUTTERY, adjective. Resembling butter in some way, such as color or texture.
BUTTERY BAR, noun. (historical) A shelf attached to the top of the bottom half of the door to the buttery, on which the person tapping the butts would place full cups for the drinkers.
BUTTERY BARS, noun. Plural of buttery bar
Dictionary definition
BUTTERY, noun. A small storeroom for storing foods or wines.
BUTTERY, noun. A teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals.
BUTTERY, 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, adjective. Resembling or containing or spread with butter; "a rich buttery cake".
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