Butter Small Stick Noun ˈbʌtə(R ˈbʌtər Fry Onions

• fry the onions in butter.
• a pat/knob/tablespoon of butter
• a stick (= small pack) of butter
• melt the butter in a small pan, add the flour and stir well.

butter

1. a soft yellow food made from cream, used in cooking and for spreading on bread
• SEE ALSO bread and butter
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bread-and-butter_1
• Fry the onions in butter.
• a pat/knob/tablespoon of butter
• a stick (= small pack) of butter
• Melt the butter in a small pan, add the flour and stir well.
• Do you want butter or margarine on your toast?

Extra Examples

• Cream the butter and icing sugar together until light and fluffy.
• He put a large knob of butter on the potatoes.
• He spread butter on the roll.
• Put some butter on the crackers, please.
• Rub the butter into the flour.
• The butter melted in the heat.
• This butter doesn't spread very well.
• You can make frosting out of half a stick of butter and two cups of powdered sugar.
• courgettes sautéed in butter
2. used to say that somebody seems to be innocent, kind, etc. when they are not really
3. easily; without meeting any difficulty

Word Origin

• Old English butere, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch boter and German Butter, based on Latin butyrum, from Greek bouturon.