Meaning & use
body butter
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Meaning
noununcountable
A thick, rich cream made with oils and shea or cocoa butter, rubbed into the skin to soften it.
Grammar: No plural and no 'a' before it: 'a jar of body butter'.
Patterns
- a jar of body butter
- apply body butter
- body butter for dry skin
She rubs body butter into her elbows every night.
This body butter smells of vanilla and cocoa.
Body butter is heavier than lotion, so a little goes a long way.
Common combinations
- a jar of body butter
- He bought her a jar of body butter for her birthday.
- shea body butter
- Shea body butter is especially good for very dry skin.
- apply body butter
- Apply body butter while your skin is still damp.
- scented body butter
- The store sells scented body butter in many flavors.
Synonyms and how they differ
- body cream
- A more general term for any thick skin cream; body butter is specifically the richest, butter-based kind.
- moisturizer
- The everyday, neutral word for anything that adds moisture to skin; body butter is one type of moisturizer.
Word family
- body lotion noun
- A thinner, more liquid skin product of the same family.
Commonly confused: body butter or cocoa butter?
body butter vs cocoa butter
Cocoa butter is an ingredient, not a finished product; body butter is the cream made with it.
Practice
Choose the sentence that uses 'body butter' correctly.
Choose one answer.
'Body butter' is an uncountable skincare cream, so 'apply body butter to dry skin' fits. It is not food, and it is uncountable, so 'three body butters' is wrong.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “body butter”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.