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How to pronounce buttery in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous


buttery praise.
Type Words
Synonyms larder, pantry
Type of storage room, storeroom, stowage
Has types stillroom, still room
Type Words
Type of tea parlour, tea parlor, teahouse, tearoom, teashop
Type Words
Derivation butter


a rich buttery cake.

Examples of buttery

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It's served on a buttery preserved lemon sauce with summer beans and artichokes.
From the sfgate.com
The aroma is shy, hinting at warm butter and cream, the flavor mild and buttery.
From the sfgate.com
The potatoes were chunky and buttery, just waiting for a pass through the gravy.
From the democratandchronicle.com
In a couple of weeks, or less, the flesh will be soft, buttery and ready to eat.
From the projo.com
Buttery leeks and crisp gnocchi lead me to a plate of tender veal, for instance.
From the washingtonpost.com
Flamingo pink and brass lampshades create warm, buttery hues inside cozy cabins.
From the newsday.com
The spicy remoulade sauce was a good foil for the buttery richness of the cakes.
From the orlandosentinel.com
This pot had a rich buttery clam broth in it that we each poured into our bowls.
From the gothamgal.com
It was delicious, fruity and nutty, and was grilled and served warm and buttery.
From the post-gazette.com
More examples
  • Pantry: a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
  • Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments"
  • A teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals
  • Resembling or containing or spread with butter; "a rich buttery cake"
  • A buttery, also known as a rowie, rollie or Aberdeen roll, is a savoury Scottish bread roll.
  • A buttery was a domestic room in a large medieval house. Part of the offices pertaining to the kitchen, it was generally a room close to the Great Hall and was traditionally the place from which the yeoman of the buttery served beer and candles to those lower members of the household not ...
  • In the Middle Ages, a buttery was a storeroom for liquor, the name being derived from the Latin and French words for bottle or, to put the word into its simpler form, a butt, that is, a cask. ...
  • A room for keeping food or beverages; a storeroom; A room in a university where snacks are sold; Made with or tasting of butter; Resembling butter in some way
  • (butterier) comparative form of buttery: more buttery