buttery

UK: /ˈbʌtəri/

US: /ˈbʌtəri/

US: (adj. but′ə rē; n. but′ə rē, bu′trē)

Inflections of 'buttery' (n): npl: butteries

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but•ter•y¹ /ˈbʌtəri/   adj. 

1. like, containing, or spread with butter:
   a very buttery cake.

but•ter•y² /ˈbʌtəri, ˈbʌtri/   n. [countable] , pl. -ter•ies. 

1. British Terms Brit. a room in a college or university where students may buy food and drink.

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but•ter•y¹  (but′ə rē), adj. 

1. like, containing, or spread with butter.
2. resembling butter, as in smoothness or softness of texture:
   a vest of buttery leather.
3. grossly flattering;
   smarmy.

• Middle English buttry. See butter, -y¹ 1350–1400

but′ter•i•ness, n. 

but•ter•y²  (but′ə rē, bu′trē), n., pl. -ter•ies. 

1. Dialect Terms [Chiefly New Eng.] a room or rooms in which the provisions, wines, and liquors of a household are kept;
   pantry;
   larder.
2. British Terms a room in colleges, esp. at Oxford and Cambridge universities, from which articles of food and drink are sold or dispensed to the students.

• Anglo-French, probably equivalent. to bote butt⁴ + -erie -ery
• Middle English boterie 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

buttery / ˈbʌtərɪ/ adjective

1. containing, like, or coated with butter

ˈbutteriness noun

buttery / ˈbʌtərɪ/ noun ( -teries)

1. a room for storing foods or wines
2. (in some universities) a room in which food is supplied or sold to students

Etymology: 14th Century: from Anglo-French boterie, from Anglo-Latin buteria, probably from butta cask, butt⁴