Butter Put Noun Bre ˈbʌtə(R ˈbʌtər Fry Onions

• fry the onions in butter.
• do you want butter or margarine on your toast?
• cream the butter and icing sugar together until light and fluffy.
• he put a large knob of butter on the potatoes.

butter

1. a soft yellow food made from cream, used in cooking and for spreading on bread
• see also bread and butter
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• Fry the onions in butter.
• Do you want butter or margarine on your toast?
2. used to say that somebody seems to be innocent, kind, etc. when they are not really
3. easily; without meeting any difficulty

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
• If you’re still hungry, have some bread and butter.

Word Origin

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