BUTTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does butter mean? 

• BUTTER (noun)
  The noun BUTTER has 2 senses:

1. an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use

2. a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head

  Familiarity information: BUTTER used as a noun is rare.

• BUTTER (verb)
  The verb BUTTER has 1 sense:

1. spread butter on

  Familiarity information: BUTTER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUTTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("butter" is a kind of...):

food; solid food (any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment)

dairy product (milk and butter and cheese)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "butter"):

stick (a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine)

clarified butter; drawn butter (butter made clear by heating and removing the sediment of milk solids)

beurre noisette; brown butter (clarified butter browned slowly and seasoned with vinegar or lemon juice and capers)

lemon butter; Meuniere butter (clarified butter browned slowly and seasoned with lemon juice and parsley)

yak butter (butter made from yaks' milk)

Derivation:

butter (spread butter on)

buttery (resembling or containing or spread with butter)

butyraceous (having the qualities of butter or yielding or containing a substance like butter)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A fighter who strikes the opponent with his head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("butter" is a kind of...):

battler; belligerent; combatant; fighter; scrapper (someone who fights (or is fighting))

Derivation:

butt (to strike, thrust or shove against)

• BUTTER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they butter    ... he / she / it butters   
Past simple: buttered   
Past participle: buttered   
-ing form: buttering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spread butter on

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

butter bread

Hypernyms (to "butter" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

butter (an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use)

 Context examples 

They know which side their bread is buttered on, and they know why.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

So she went to the cupboard and cut herself some bread, which she spread with butter.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Who would have thought that this cow, which was to bring him milk and butter and cheese, was all that time utterly dry?

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

“No coffee,” I said regretfully, passing her buttered sea-biscuits and a slice of canned tongue.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“Would you let me fetch another pat of butter, ma'am?” said Mrs. Crupp.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Some foods to stay away from include: • Eggs • Honey • Peanuts (including peanut butter) • Other tree nuts

(Infant and Newborn Nutrition, NIH)

Myristic acid is found naturally in palm oil, coconut oil and butter fat.

(Myristic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Palmitic acid is found naturally in palm oil and palm kernel oil, as well as in butter, cheese, milk and meat.

(Palmitic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

There’s not more’n a few of you could ’it a dint in a pat o’ butter, and if you gets a smack or two it’s all over vith you.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You should try to avoid: • Saturated fats such as butter, solid shortening, and lard. • Trans fats.

(Dietary Fats, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)