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noun

chiefly dialect

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Recent Examples of buttery
Adjective
Also my wife’s homemade pasta rolls stuffed with spinach and ricotta cheese, then baked on a bed of tangy tomato sauce and buttery bechamel. Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025 Most of the butter is used to create sweet, creamy moisture for the bread, and a small amount is used on top of the casserole to guarantee that the top is rich, buttery and perfectly toasty. Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
It’s topped with tender diced apples, a drizzle of buttery caramel sauce and a streusel crumble that delivers all the comfort of homemade apple pie. Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025 Mild and buttery with faintly mushroomy and cabbagey notes, this one is easy to love. Emily Monaco With Kat Craddock, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for buttery
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buttery
Adjective
  • Much of what is imported is lean beef trimmings that meatpackers mix with fattier beef produced in the United States to produce the varieties of ground beef that domestic consumers want, so any change in imports would affect primarily hamburger.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • If your goal is to get the most omega-3s, choose fattier fish, like salmon.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When Leonora slumps against tins of asparagus tips and white peaches in her larder, the moment of collapse is close to unbearable.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Squirrels race around adding to their larders, but the chipmunks are nowhere to be seen yet.
    Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Herring Herring are small, oily fish that are similar to sardines.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 6 Nov. 2025
  • How To Get Rid Of Grease Stains For really oily, greasy stains, start by coating them with a layer of cornstarch or baking soda to soak up some of the grease.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Evaporated milk transformed home cooking in the early to mid-20th century as a dairy product that could be stored in your pantry for months without refrigeration.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Students at Notre Dame School of Milwaukee's boys and girls middle school campuses spend a full day volunteering in the community at local shelters, pantries and senior centers.
    Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • It’s blended with moisture-locking sunflower seed oil, white lupin flower extract to improve elasticity, and passionfruit oil for a hit of lightweight, never-greasy nourishment.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Run The Range Hood Hot air and steam carry oil droplets during cooking and deposit them, leaving behind a greasy residue on cabinets, walls, and other surfaces.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Jon Heyman of the New York Post recently projected Suárez would sign a massive five-year, $135 million deal in free agency this winter, which would almost certainly be too rich for the Phillies' liking.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The pay package for Musk, already the world's richest person, consists of 12 tranches of shares to be granted if Tesla hits certain milestones over the next decade.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • McRib nutritional facts Per McDonald's nutritional facts, a McRib has 520 calories, 28 grams of fat, 24 grams of protein and 46 grams of carbs.
    Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Many of those fish were taken in the fall, when mullet were fat with roe.
    Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Buttery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buttery. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.

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