buttery

¹

[ buht-uh-ree ]

adjective

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.

buttery

²

[ buht-uh-ree, buh-tree ]

noun

, plural but·ter·ies.

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

buttery

¹

/ ˈbʌtərɪ /

adjective

1. containing, like, or coated with butter
2. informal.
   grossly or insincerely flattering; obsequious

buttery

²

/ ˈbʌtərɪ /

noun

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

Derived Forms

• ˈbutteriness, noun

Other Words From

• butter·i·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of buttery¹

First recorded in 1350–1400;  Middle English buttry, buttrie; butter, -y ¹

Origin of buttery²

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English boterie, butry, from Middle French, Old French, from Late Latin botāria (derivative of bota, butta “cask”) + -erie; butt ⁴, -ery

Word History and Origins

Origin of buttery¹

C14: from Anglo-French boterie , from Anglo-Latin buteria , probably from butta cask, butt ⁴

Example Sentences

A bowl of buttery, creamy mashed potatoes is a thing of beauty and elegance.

From Washington Post

A “nice, crunchy, buttery cookie,” with a pleasant level of salt.

From Washington Post

Points were awarded for this cookie’s “nicely browned color” and “buttery flavor,” and one taster said it looked homemade.

From Washington Post

To me, they are like a poor man’s shortbread cookie with a wonderfully buttery finish.

From Washington Post

There are lots of good store bought options out there that’ll result in the buttery, golden-brown pie of your dreams.

From Eater

Depending on the producer, Champagne can also be highly cloyingly sweet, buttery, or round, or mineral.

From The Daily Beast

The buttery, nutty, and sweet and salty all work together to form a balance of flavors.

From The Daily Beast

Too much time in barrel equals a woody tasting, overly buttery, finish.

From The Daily Beast

There is more of a buttery and smooth taste profile with this wine.

From The Daily Beast

But with unlimited access to the luxurious sandwiches, piled high with glistening meat, a buttery apocalypse of gluttony unfolded.

From The Daily Beast

The Usher orders whats wanted from the Buttery: a link from the Chandler, and ale and wine.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Solly Joel as she passed daily through the prison gate was a complete buttery.

From Project Gutenberg

I will serve the Duke of Christendom, and do him more credit in his cellar than all the plate in his buttery; is't not so, lad?

From Project Gutenberg

Aunt Phyllis went to the spring-house for the milk and the butter, and to the buttery for some other things.

From Project Gutenberg

The Washington crest, in colored glass, was to be seen in a window of what is now the buttery.

From Project Gutenberg