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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
but•ter /ˈbʌtɚ/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [uncountable]
  1. Fooda soft whitish or yellowish fat that is separated from milk or cream when it is churned, used as a spread and in cooking.
  2. Foodany of various other soft spreads for bread or for baking:apple butter.

v. [~ + object]
  1. Foodto put butter on or in:He buttered the toast.
  2. Informal Termsbutter up, to flatter or praise (someone) too much: [~ + object + up]buttered her up by telling her what a great boss she was.[~ + up + object]He liked to butter up every new boss he had.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
but•ter  (but′ər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Foodthe fatty portion of milk, separating as a soft whitish or yellowish solid when milk or cream is agitated or churned.
  2. Foodthis substance, processed for cooking and table use.
  3. Foodany of various other soft spreads for bread:apple butter; peanut butter.
  4. Foodany of various substances of butterlike consistency, as various metallic chlorides, and certain vegetable oils solid at ordinary temperatures.

v.t. 
  1. Foodto put butter on or in;
    spread or grease with butter.
  2. to apply a liquefied bonding material to (a piece or area), as mortar to a course of bricks.
  3. Metallurgyto cover (edges to be welded together) with a preliminary surface of the weld metal.
  4. butter up, [Informal.]to flatter someone in order to gain a favor:He suspected that they were buttering him up when everyone suddenly started being nice to him.
  • Greek boútȳron
  • Latin būtȳrum
  • bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English butere
but′ter•less, adj. 
but′ter•like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
butter / ˈbʌtə/
  1. an edible fatty whitish-yellow solid made from cream by churning, for cooking and table use
  2. (as modifier): butter icing
  3. any substance with a butter-like consistency, such as peanut butter or vegetable butter
  4. look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth ⇒ to look innocent, although probably not so
 (transitive)
  1. to put butter on or in
  2. to flatter
Etymology: Old English butere, from Latin būtyrum, from Greek bouturon, from bous cow + turos cheese

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