Buttery
11buttery — {{11}}buttery (adj.) resembling butter, late 14c., from BUTTER (Cf. butter) + Y (Cf. y) (2). {{12}}buttery (n.) place for storing liquor, originally room where provisions are laid up (late 14c.), from O.Fr. boterie, from L.L. botaria, from bota,… …
12buttery — buttery1 butteriness, n. /but euh ree/, adj. 1. like, containing, or spread with butter. 2. resembling butter, as in smoothness or softness of texture: a vest of buttery leather. 3. grossly flattering; smarmy. [1350 1400; ME buttry. See BUTTER,… …
13buttery — adj. Buttery is used with these nouns: ↑sauce …
14buttery — but|ter|y [ bʌtəri ] adjective buttery food has a lot of butter in it or tastes as if it has butter in it …
15buttery — adj Bad, ugly. That new CD is buttery; turn it off. 2000s …
16Buttery hatch — Buttery But ter*y, n.; pl. {Butteries}. [OE. botery, botry; cf. LL. botaria wine vessel; also OE. botelerie, fr. F. bouteillerie, fr. boutellie bottle. Not derived from butter. See {Bottle} a hollow vessel, {Butt} a cask.] 1. An apartment in a… …
17buttery fingers — singular noun Butterfingers • • • Main Entry: ↑butter …
18buttery bar — noun The door to the buttery was often split horizontally, with a shelf (the buttery bar) attached to the top of the bottom part, and the person who was tapping the butts in the buttery would put the full cups on the buttery bar for the drinkers …
19buttery hatch — noun Etymology: buttery (I) : a half door between a buttery and the hall * * * buttery hatch, a half door at the entrance to a buttery, over which provisions are served …
20Buttery (shop) — In the Middle Ages, a buttery was a storeroom for liquor, the name being derived from the Latin and French words for bottle or, to put the word into its simpler form a butt, that is, a cask. Over time, the buttery became a general food storeroom …
