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Webster 1913 Edition
Buttery
But′ter-y
,Adj.
Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter.
But′ter-y
,Noun.
pl.
Butteries
. 1.
An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept.
All that need a cool and fresh temper, as cellars, pantries, and
butteries
, to the north. Sir H. Wotton.
2.
A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and refreshments are kept for sale to the students.
And the major Oxford kept the
buttery
bar. E. Hall.
3.
A cellar in which butts of wine are kept.
Weale.
Buttery hatch
, a half door between the buttery or kitchen and the hall, in old mansions, over which provisions were passed.
Wright.
Webster 1828 Edition
Buttery
BUT'TERY
,Adj.
BUT'TERY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
buttery
buttery
English
Noun
buttery (plural butteries)
- A room for keeping food or beverages; a storeroom.
- 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 458:
- Pretty Pia from the buttery was a **** who was working her way through every knight in the castle.
- 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 458:
- (Britain) A room in a university where snacks are sold.
Etymology 2
Adjective
buttery (comparative butterier, superlative butteriest)
- Made with or tasting of butter.
- The buttery-tasting cookie was actually made with margarine, but you couldn't tell by tasting it.
- Resembling butter in some way, such as color or texture.
- The old paper was a buttery color you no longer get.
- 2015 September 5, Mark Diacono, “In praise of the Asian pear”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), archived from the original on 12 September 2015, pages 1–2:
- While the European pear is, at its finest, buttery and surrenders to the slightest pressure, Asian pears are firm, very crisp, hugely juicy and sweet and, in some cases, highly aromatic – spicy almost.
- (informal) Marked by insincere flattery; obsequious.