Collocations for "butter"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "butter" in context.
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butter
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [salted, unsalted, dairy, peanut, almond] butter
- [apple, pumpkin, garlic, herb] butter
- (melted) butter on [toast, a potato]
- [put, spread] butter on [toast]
- melt butter in a [skillet, pot, saucepan]
- melt butter over [medium, low] heat
- [mix, stir] in the butter
- [mix] the butter into then [mixture, flour]
- grease the [pan, tin] with butter
- churns the butter
- butter or [margarine, spread, lard]
- [1] [cup, stick, tablespoon] of butter
- a [knob, pack, slab] of butter
- butter wouldn't melt in her mouth!
- make a butter sauce
- use a butter knife
- the butter dish
- is a butter fingers
- butter the [toast, bread, popcorn, corn]
- [lightly, generously] butter
- butter a [baking, cake] pan
- butter the (baking) dish
- butter the sides of
- butter on both sides
- buttered and [floured, spiced, salted, basted, toasted, sugared]
- butter him up
- butter her up with [sweets, a bribe]
- butter [a girl, the new boss, the buyer] up
- butter up [his boss] (by)
'butter' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bagel
- bait
- bread
- brown
- brush
- cattle
- celery
- chunky
- churn
- clarification
- clarify
- consistency
- cook
- crumble
- dairy
- dot
- filling
- fluff
- fried
- fry
- garlic
- glaze
- grease
- jelly
- knife
- knob
- lamb
- like
- lobster
- lump
- mix
- mixture
- mussel
- nut
- onion
- pat
- peanut
- popcorn
- pound
- refrigerator
- scrape
- slab
- slap
- smear
- spread
- squash
- steam
- toast
- tray
- tub