buttery

Definition of Buttery in English :

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Noun

1. buttery, larder, pantry

a small storeroom for storing foods or wines

2. buttery

a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals

Adjective

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

unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

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

4. buttery

resembling or containing or spread with butter

Example Sentences:
'a rich buttery cake'

fat
fatty

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Buttery

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adjective

1.

containing, like, or coated with butter

2. informal

grossly or insincerely flattering; obsequious

noun plural -teries

1.

a room for storing foods or wines

2. British

(in some universities) a room in which food is supplied or sold to students

Buttery

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nounWord forms: plural ˈbutteries

1.

a storeroom for wine and liquor

2. Dialectal

a larder (sense 1)

3.

a room in some English colleges where students may buy provisions

adjective

1.

like butter, as in consistency

2.

containing or spread with butter

3.

inclined to flattery; adulatory

Buttery

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adj.

1. Containing or spread with butter.

2. Like or resembling butter.

3. Marked by effusive and insincere flattery.

n. pl. but·ter·ies

1. A room in which liquors are stored.

2. Chiefly British A place in colleges and universities where students may buy provisions.

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