butter

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈbʌtə/, SAMPA: /"bVt.@/
• (US) enPR: bŭtʹər, IPA ^(key): /ˈbʌɾ.ɚ/, SAMPA: /"bV4.@`/

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Noun

Singular butter

Plural butters

A stick of butter

1. (uncountable) Butter is a firm yellow substance that is made from milk. People often put it on bread.

   Please pass the butter.

Verb

Plain form butter

Third-person singular butters

Past tense buttered

Past participle buttered

Present participle buttering

1. If you butter something, you put butter on it.

   Would you like me to butter your toast for you?

Related words

• butter up