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butter
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As a noun, butter means a soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk). As a verb, it means spread butter on.
Meanings of butter
13 meaningsnoun
A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
Any of various foodstuffs made from other foods or oils, similar in consistency to, eaten like or intended as a substitute for butter (preceded by the name of the food used to make it).
“peanut butter”
“chocolate butter”
Any of various substances made from other (especially plant-based) oils or fats, used in moisturizers, cosmetics, etc.
aviationslangA smooth plane landing.
Someone who butts, or who butts in.
An edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table usefood
A fighter who strikes the opponent with their headperson
Older and rare meanings (1)
obsoletechemistryAny specific soft substance.
“Butter of antimony; butter of arsenic”
verb
To spread butter on.
“Butter the toast.”
skiingsnowboardingTo move one's weight backwards or forwards onto the tips or tails of one's skis or snowboard so only the tip or tail is in contact with the snow. Similar to applying butter to bread with then end of a butterknife.
To spin on skis or a snowboard using only the tips or tails being in contact with the snow
Older and rare meanings (1)
slangobsoleteTo increase (stakes) at every throw of dice, or every game.
adjective
Very smooth, very soft
“That landing was total butter!”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).