What does Buttery mean?

Definitions for Buttery
ˈbʌt ə ri, ˈbʌ tribut·te·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pantry, larder, butterynoun

    a small storeroom for storing foods or wines

  2. butteryadjective

    a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals

  3. buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuousadjective

    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

    "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments"

  4. butteryadjective

    resembling or containing or spread with butter

    "a rich buttery cake"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Butteryadjective

    Having the appearance or qualities of butter.

    Etymology: from butter.

    Nothing more convertible into hot cholerick humours, than its buttery parts. Gideon Harvey, on Consumptions.

    The best oils, thickened by cold, have a white colour; and milk itself has its whiteness from the caseous fibres, and its buttery oil. John Floyer, on the Humours.

  2. Butterynoun

    The room where provisions are laid up.

    Etymology: from butter; or, according to Stephen Skinner, from bouter, Fr. to place or lay up.

    Go, sirrah, take them to the buttery,
    And give them friendly welcome every one. William Shakespeare.

    All that need a cool and fresh temper, as cellars, pantries, and butteries, to the north. Henry Wotton.

    My guts ne’er suffer’d from a college-cook,
    My name ne’er enter’d in a buttery book. James Bramston, Man of Taste.

ChatGPT

  1. buttery

    Buttery generally refers to something that has the characteristics of butter, such as a smooth, creamy texture or a rich, slightly sweet flavor. It can also refer to a space in a college or monastery where provisions, especially butter, are stored or a place to consume food in a university.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Butteryadjective

    having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter

  2. Butterynoun

    an apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept

  3. Butterynoun

    a room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and refreshments are kept for sale to the students

  4. Butterynoun

    a cellar in which butts of wine are kept

Wikidata

  1. Buttery

    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. A butler, before he became able to take charge of the ewery, pantry, cellar, and the staff, would be in charge of the buttery. Over time, the buttery became a general food storeroom; the larders of Oxbridge colleges in particular became places where students purchased food and drink. Most Oxford and Cambridge colleges, University College and Trevelyan College, Durham, King's College London, the University of Bristol and Trinity College, Dublin call their eating places butteries to this day, as do a few schools in the United Kingdom. The residential colleges of Yale also refer to their snack bars by this name. Trinity College at the University of Toronto also uses the name to refer to its cafeteria located in the Larkin building. Bruce Hall at the Australian National University also maintains a buttery, which is an informal canteen and bar.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Buttery

    but′ėr-i, n. a storeroom in a house for provisions, esp. liquors.—ns. Butt′ery-bar, the ledge for holding tankards in the buttery; Butt′ery-hatch, a half-door over which provisions are handed from the buttery. [Fr. bouteillerie, lit. 'place for bottles.' See Butler, Bottle.]

Editors Contribution

  1. butteryadjective

    Resembling or covered in butter.

    A buttery cake with drizzling chocolate syrup.


    Submitted by zakaria1409 on July 13, 2022  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BUTTERY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Buttery is ranked #31068 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Buttery surname appeared 747 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Buttery.

    95.4% or 713 total occurrences were White.
    2.2% or 17 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.8% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.6% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Buttery in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Buttery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Buttery in a Sentence

  1. Michelle Lettrich:

    In less than 30 minutes, you’ll be enjoying warm, buttery, fluffy, cheesy biscuits fresh from the oven.

  2. Mouchegh Petrossian:

    Great caviar should have a buttery smoothness to it and shouldn’t really taste fishy at all.

  3. Lalaina Ravelomanana:

    This caviar - it is very subtle in the mouth, buttery, i started using the caviar a year ago. I've already invented 60 recipes and I'm not stopping.

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