01 n. An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.
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1.
An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.
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2.
Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao, vegetable butter, shea butter.
Phrases & compounds
Butter boat —
a small vessel for holding melted butter at table.
Butter flower —
the buttercup, a yellow flower.
Butter print —
a piece of carved wood used to mark pats of butter; -- called also butter stamp.
Butter tooth —
either of the two middle incisors of the upper jaw.
Butter tree —
a tree of the genus Bassia, the seeds of which yield a substance closely resembling butter. The butter tree of India is the Bassia butyracea; that of Africa is the Shea tree (Bassia Parkii). See Shea tree.
Butter trier —
a tool used in sampling butter.
Butter wife —
a woman who makes or sells butter; -- called also butter woman.