butter
Meaning
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- 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).
- Any of various substances made from other (especially plant-based) oils or fats, used in moisturizers, cosmetics, etc.
- (obsolete) Any specific soft substance.
- (slang) A smooth plane landing.
Synonyms
spunk
water of life
goose grease
spuff
melted butter
edible fat
inunct
consistent lubricant
hot fish yoghurt
whore's milk
nut custard
Zinzanbrook
joombye
tatty water
French-fried ice-cream
tail-juice
Aphrodite's Evostick
population paste
father-stuff
Valentines Day porridge
pugwash
love butter
banana yoghurt
Cupid's toothpaste
liquid hairdressing
manfat
man cake batter
Gloy
man-fat
tadpole yoghurt
prick-juice
spunck
doll spit
love nectar
man oil
white blow
gonad glue
man mayonnaise
cock porridge
herbalz
baby juice
hocky
white wee-wee
jessom
spla water
manmuck
hot juice
gentleman's relish
hot milk
jizzle
little tadpoles
consistent grease
Frequency
Hyphenated as
but‧ter
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbʌtəɹ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English buter, butter, from Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, “cow cheese”), compound of βοῦς (boûs, “ox, cow”) and τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”).
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