[U] a soft yellow food made from cream or milk, used in cooking and for spreading on bread:
Fry the onions in butter. * Do you want butter or margarine on your toast?
seealsoBRANDYBUTTER, BREADANDBUTTER, PEANUTBUTTER
IDIOMS
butter wouldn't melt in sb's mouth (spoken) used to say that sb seems to be innocent, kind, etc. when they are not really
moreatKNIFEv.
verb [VN] to spread or put butter on sth:
She buttered four thick slices of bread.
IDIOMS see KNOWv.
PHRASALVERBS
butter sb<->up (informal) to say nice things to sb so that they will help you or give you sth:
Stop trying to butter me up! * He's always trying to butter up the boss.
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Is butter a noun, verb, or something else?
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