Butter
noun
A yellowish fatty food made by churning cream, used for cooking or spreading on bread.
He spread some butter on the toast.
Often appears as...
- spread butter
- butter toast
verb
To spread butter on something.
She buttered her toast before eating it.
Often appears as...
- butter the toast
- butter the bread
verb
To flatter (compliment excessively) someone.
He is just buttering up his boss to get a promotion.
Often appears as...
- butter someone up
- butter up the boss
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial, Idiomatic
noun
A yellowish fatty food made by churning cream, used for cooking or spreading on bread.
He spread some butter on the toast.
Often appears as...
- spread butter
- butter toast
verb
To spread butter on something.
She buttered her toast before eating it.
Often appears as...
- butter the toast
- butter the bread
verb
To flatter (compliment excessively) someone.
He is just buttering up his boss to get a promotion.
Often appears as...
- butter someone up
- butter up the boss
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial, Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Cooking uses
Understand 'butter' is often used in recipes for its rich flavor and creamy texture.
Add a tablespoon of butter to the pan.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural staple
'Butter' is a staple in many cultures' diets and can indicate a type of cuisine, like French.
French cooking uses butter extensively.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric use
'Butter' can symbolize richness or luxury in metaphorical language.
The car's leather seats felt like butter.
Pro Tip 1/3Cooking uses
Understand 'butter' is often used in recipes for its rich flavor and creamy texture.
Add a tablespoon of butter to the pan.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural staple
'Butter' is a staple in many cultures' diets and can indicate a type of cuisine, like French.
French cooking uses butter extensively.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric use
'Butter' can symbolize richness or luxury in metaphorical language.
The car's leather seats felt like butter.
Pro Tip 1/3Cooking uses
Understand 'butter' is often used in recipes for its rich flavor and creamy texture.
Add a tablespoon of butter to the pan.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural staple
'Butter' is a staple in many cultures' diets and can indicate a type of cuisine, like French.
French cooking uses butter extensively.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric use
'Butter' can symbolize richness or luxury in metaphorical language.
The car's leather seats felt like butter.
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What's in Peanut Butter?...
of a fad respectfully they're sort of fatty on this end here and kind of watery on this end here and for that reason they're used to mix fatty stuff like peanut oil with watery stuff like peanut sugars and protein keeping it all together so to make our non runny non separating peanut butter we're going to need direct from nature versions of both
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Launching a Food...
them are vulnerable what does that mean it means that they're worried about themselves their sisters their mothers their fathers losing them it's infiltrated their lives right you'll see this you're going to see this right and interestingly you know seventeen year old kids one year away from voting right they haven't they don't know that butter
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Sugar: Hiding in plain...
is hiding in plain sight, but like someone in the witness protection program, the other half is hidden in places you'd least suspect. Check the ingredients on ketchup, bologna, spaghetti sauce, soy milk, sports drinks, fish sticks, and peanut butter. You'll find sugar hiding in most of those products. In fact, you'll find added sugars
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The science of milk -...
enhance shelf life, and provide a variety of milk products. In the dairy, centrifugation machines spin milk at high speeds, forcing less dense fats to separate from the liquid and float up. After being skimmed off, this fat, known as butterfat, can be used in dairy products like butter, cream,
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The chemistry of cookies...
the butter inside melts, causing the dough to start spreading out. Butter is an emulsion, or mixture of two substances that don't want to stay together, in this case, water and fat, along with some dairy solids that help hold them together. As the butter melts, its trapped water is released.
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We Are What We Eat:...
when the animals don't give so much milk. They also make butter that they some time keep in the stomach of a sheep. It preserves really well and it's easy to transport and it's very highly prized in that part of the world. So that would be your typical meal. Slices of butter, milk tea with
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Get comfortable with...
And for me, though, I realize that I have to speak these truths, because honesty is so important to me. My integrity is something I hold dear. Justice -- I don't think justice should be an option. We should always have justice. Also, I believe in shea butter as a core value, and --
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Unsung Heroes of Everest...
while you're still in your sleeping bag. 'Cause these guys they really are some of the best athletes in the world. And they are spooning this dude's sugar. And then asking whether he wants butter on his toast. And this happens because they pay the money for that.
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109-Year-Old Veteran and...
milk for over writing all my life and ice cream I eat ice cream every night it makes me happy he put butter for cars you're bowing to buying and you buy butter pecan it is the old tinnitus anybody died
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Killer Ant Swarm...
the truth is somewhat different although the bites are painful against people they are purely defensive the jaws may slice through human flesh like butter but it's simply a warning
Video examples
What's in Peanut Butter?...
of a fad respectfully they're sort of fatty on this end here and kind of watery on this end here and for that reason they're used to mix fatty stuff like peanut oil with watery stuff like peanut sugars and protein keeping it all together so to make our non runny non separating peanut butter we're going to need direct from nature versions of both
Video examples
Launching a Food...
them are vulnerable what does that mean it means that they're worried about themselves their sisters their mothers their fathers losing them it's infiltrated their lives right you'll see this you're going to see this right and interestingly you know seventeen year old kids one year away from voting right they haven't they don't know that butter
Video examples
Sugar: Hiding in plain...
is hiding in plain sight, but like someone in the witness protection program, the other half is hidden in places you'd least suspect. Check the ingredients on ketchup, bologna, spaghetti sauce, soy milk, sports drinks, fish sticks, and peanut butter. You'll find sugar hiding in most of those products. In fact, you'll find added sugars
Video examples
The science of milk -...
enhance shelf life, and provide a variety of milk products. In the dairy, centrifugation machines spin milk at high speeds, forcing less dense fats to separate from the liquid and float up. After being skimmed off, this fat, known as butterfat, can be used in dairy products like butter, cream,
Video examples
The chemistry of cookies...
the butter inside melts, causing the dough to start spreading out. Butter is an emulsion, or mixture of two substances that don't want to stay together, in this case, water and fat, along with some dairy solids that help hold them together. As the butter melts, its trapped water is released.
Video examples
We Are What We Eat:...
when the animals don't give so much milk. They also make butter that they some time keep in the stomach of a sheep. It preserves really well and it's easy to transport and it's very highly prized in that part of the world. So that would be your typical meal. Slices of butter, milk tea with
Video examples
Get comfortable with...
And for me, though, I realize that I have to speak these truths, because honesty is so important to me. My integrity is something I hold dear. Justice -- I don't think justice should be an option. We should always have justice. Also, I believe in shea butter as a core value, and --
Video examples
Unsung Heroes of Everest...
while you're still in your sleeping bag. 'Cause these guys they really are some of the best athletes in the world. And they are spooning this dude's sugar. And then asking whether he wants butter on his toast. And this happens because they pay the money for that.
Video examples
109-Year-Old Veteran and...
milk for over writing all my life and ice cream I eat ice cream every night it makes me happy he put butter for cars you're bowing to buying and you buy butter pecan it is the old tinnitus anybody died
Video examples
Killer Ant Swarm...
the truth is somewhat different although the bites are painful against people they are purely defensive the jaws may slice through human flesh like butter but it's simply a warning
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Shiri Appleby
American Actress
Men are even afraid to say, 'You look nice,' or, 'You look pretty,' when you come out of hair and makeup to walk on set. And before, men would constantly - producers would constantly say things, but that's kind of a way that they would butter the actresses up and make them feel secure.
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Maeve Binchy
Irish Novelist
Of course, I should have done what doctors said and walked for miles every day and not eaten great amounts of butter. But then, life is life, and if we all did what they said we should do, it would be a different world.
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Neil Nitin Mukesh
Indian Actor
Music is something that I've been passionate about. I play the piano and sing, but I always knew that it was never going to be my bread and butter. I was very interested in acting.
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Ivan Moody
American Musician
Something I will point out to everybody in the world, and I am not afraid to say it: these rap guys about as hard as soft butter. That's all there is to it.
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Ainsley Harriott
English Chef
Bread's so important for me, it makes such a difference. I like it with a lovely bit of cheese on it, sometimes just with butter, or with some fresh soup.
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Dean Ornish
American Educator
Eating a stick of butter will raise HDL in those who are able to do so, but that does not mean that butter is good for your heart. It isn't.
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Rob Morgan
American Actor
I have a body butter beauty line. I'm interested in health and wellness, and my friends encouraged me to do this. So, I made it a business.
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Ankit Tiwari
Indian Singer
I never thought that I would be able to make singing a career. It's great that my passion is also the source of my bread and butter.
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Mats Hummels
German Athlete
If a coach wants me to stay, then I think it's good that he doesn't just butter things up, but actually tells the truth.
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Shriya Saran
Indian Actress
My work is my bread and butter and my husband is very supportive; he would love me to do more work.
Quote examples
Shiri Appleby
American Actress
Men are even afraid to say, 'You look nice,' or, 'You look pretty,' when you come out of hair and makeup to walk on set. And before, men would constantly - producers would constantly say things, but that's kind of a way that they would butter the actresses up and make them feel secure.
Quote examples
Maeve Binchy
Irish Novelist
Of course, I should have done what doctors said and walked for miles every day and not eaten great amounts of butter. But then, life is life, and if we all did what they said we should do, it would be a different world.
Quote examples
Neil Nitin Mukesh
Indian Actor
Music is something that I've been passionate about. I play the piano and sing, but I always knew that it was never going to be my bread and butter. I was very interested in acting.
Quote examples
Ivan Moody
American Musician
Something I will point out to everybody in the world, and I am not afraid to say it: these rap guys about as hard as soft butter. That's all there is to it.
Quote examples
Ainsley Harriott
English Chef
Bread's so important for me, it makes such a difference. I like it with a lovely bit of cheese on it, sometimes just with butter, or with some fresh soup.
Quote examples
Dean Ornish
American Educator
Eating a stick of butter will raise HDL in those who are able to do so, but that does not mean that butter is good for your heart. It isn't.
Quote examples
Rob Morgan
American Actor
I have a body butter beauty line. I'm interested in health and wellness, and my friends encouraged me to do this. So, I made it a business.
Quote examples
Ankit Tiwari
Indian Singer
I never thought that I would be able to make singing a career. It's great that my passion is also the source of my bread and butter.
Quote examples
Mats Hummels
German Athlete
If a coach wants me to stay, then I think it's good that he doesn't just butter things up, but actually tells the truth.
Quote examples
Shriya Saran
Indian Actress
My work is my bread and butter and my husband is very supportive; he would love me to do more work.
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