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butter


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verb

Definition of BUTTER

transitive verb
: to spread with or as if with butter
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Examples of BUTTER

  1. butter a piece of bread

First Known Use of BUTTER

15th century

Other Food Terms

Reuben, calamari, chuck, curry, edamame, foie gras, hummus, leaven, nonpareil, peel

Rhymes with BUTTER

clutter, flutter, gutter, mutter, shutter, splutter, sputter, strutter, stutter, utter

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