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    buttery
    /ˈbʌt(ə)ri/

    adjective

    • 1. containing or tasting like butter: "layers of flaky buttery pastry"

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  2. BUTTERY definition: 1. containing or spread with a lot of butter, or tasting of butter: 2. a room where you can buy…. Learn more.

  3. The meaning of BUTTERY is a storeroom for liquors. How to use buttery in a sentence.

  4. Buttery definition: like, containing, or spread with butter. . See examples of BUTTERY used in a sentence.

  5. 4 meanings: 1. containing, like, or coated with butter 2. informal grossly or insincerely flattering; obsequious 1. a room for.... Click for more definitions.

  6. BUTTERY meaning: 1. containing or spread with a lot of butter, or tasting of butter: 2. a room where you can buy…. Learn more.

  7. If you describe someone's words or manner as buttery, you mean that they act insincerely complimentary or fawning. An old-fashioned meaning of buttery is "storeroom," like a pantry for keeping food or wine.

  8. adj. 1. (Cookery) containing, like, or coated with butter. 2. informal grossly or insincerely flattering; obsequious. ˈbutteriness n. buttery. ( ˈbʌtərɪ) n, pl -teries. 1. (Architecture) a room for storing foods or wines. 2. (Education) Brit (in some universities) a room in which food is supplied or sold to students.