Meaning & use
Butter
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A soft, pale-yellow fatty food made by churning cream, used as a spread or in cooking.
See it in a sentence
She spread a thick layer of butter on the warm bread.
The recipe calls for a stick of unsalted butter, softened at room temperature.
A note on using this word
As a verb, "to butter" someone up means to flatter them, an idiom that plays on butter's smooth, ingratiating texture.
Words with a similar meaning
margarine
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To spread butter onto something, or figuratively to flatter someone.
He buttered his pancakes generously before adding syrup.
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