butter
♦ but|ter /b'ʌtər/ (butters buttering buttered)
1 [N-MASS]
Butter is a soft yellow substance made from cream. You spread it on bread or use it in cooking.
...bread and butter...
Pour the melted butter into a large mixing bowl.
2 [VERB] V n, V-ed
If you butter something such as bread or toast, you spread butter on it.
She spread pieces of bread on the counter and began buttering them.
...buttered scones.
3
see also bread and butter, peanut butterbread and but|ter
also bread-and-butter
1 [N-UNCOUNT] usu with poss
Something that is the bread and butter of a person or organization is the activity or work that provides the main part of their income.
The mobile phone business was actually his bread and butter.
2 [ADJ] ADJ n
Bread and butter issues or matters are ones which are important to most people, because they affect them personally.
The opposition gained support by concentrating on bread-and-butter matters.but|ter bean (butter beans)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
Butter beans are the yellowish flat round seeds of a kind of bean plant. They are eaten as a vegetable, and in Britain they are usually sold dried rather than fresh.butter up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
If someone butters you up, they try to please you because they want you to help or support them. (BRIT INFORMAL)
The bank has to butter up investors because it is in a fiercely competitive market...
I tried buttering her up. `I've always admired people with these sorts of talents.'pea|nut but|ter
[N-UNCOUNT]
Peanut butter is a brown paste made out of crushed peanuts which you can spread on bread and eat.
1 [N-MASS]
Butter is a soft yellow substance made from cream. You spread it on bread or use it in cooking.
...bread and butter...
Pour the melted butter into a large mixing bowl.
2 [VERB] V n, V-ed
If you butter something such as bread or toast, you spread butter on it.
She spread pieces of bread on the counter and began buttering them.
...buttered scones.
3
see also bread and butter, peanut butterbread and but|ter
also bread-and-butter
1 [N-UNCOUNT] usu with poss
Something that is the bread and butter of a person or organization is the activity or work that provides the main part of their income.
The mobile phone business was actually his bread and butter.
2 [ADJ] ADJ n
Bread and butter issues or matters are ones which are important to most people, because they affect them personally.
The opposition gained support by concentrating on bread-and-butter matters.but|ter bean (butter beans)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
Butter beans are the yellowish flat round seeds of a kind of bean plant. They are eaten as a vegetable, and in Britain they are usually sold dried rather than fresh.butter up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
If someone butters you up, they try to please you because they want you to help or support them. (BRIT INFORMAL)
The bank has to butter up investors because it is in a fiercely competitive market...
I tried buttering her up. `I've always admired people with these sorts of talents.'pea|nut but|ter
[N-UNCOUNT]
Peanut butter is a brown paste made out of crushed peanuts which you can spread on bread and eat.