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Buttery — may refer to:* Buttery (bread), a savoury Scottish bread roll * Buttery (shop), a storeroom for liquorPeople named Buttery:* Chris Buttery (21st century), English rugby league player * John Ernest Buttery Hotson (1877 1944), administrator in… … Wikipedia
Buttery — But ter*y, n.; pl. {Butteries}. [OE. botery, botry; cf. LL. botaria wine vessel; also OE. botelerie, fr. F. bouteillerie, fr. boutellie bottle. Not derived from butter. See {Bottle} a hollow vessel, {Butt} a cask.] 1. An apartment in a house… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
buttery — Ⅰ. buttery [1] ► ADJECTIVE ▪ containing, tasting like, or covered with butter. Ⅱ. buttery [2] ► NOUN (pl. butteries) Brit. ▪ a room in a college where food is kept and sold to students. ORIGIN … English terms dictionary
Buttery — But ter*y, a. Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
buttery — buttery1 [but′ər ē, but′rē] n. pl. butteries [ME boterie, ale cellar, pantry < OFr, storage room for casks < ML buteria: see BUTT3] 1. a storeroom for wine and liquor 2. Dial. a LARDER (sense 1) 3. a room in some English colleges where p … English World dictionary
buttery — I. noun (plural teries) Etymology: Middle English boterie, from Anglo French, from but cask, butt more at butt Date: 14th century 1. a storeroom for liquors 2. a. chiefly dialect pantry b. a room (as in an English college) stoc … New Collegiate Dictionary
Buttery — Recorded as Botterell, Buttery, Buttrey and originally Boteri or Buteri, this is an English surname, but one of French origins. Probably introduced into the British Isles at or very shortly after the famous Conquest of England in 1066, the… … Surnames reference
buttery — [[t]bʌ̱təri[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Buttery food contains butter or is covered with butter. ...buttery new potatoes. ...the buttery taste of the pastry … English dictionary
buttery — UK [ˈbʌtərɪ] / US adjective Word forms buttery : adjective buttery comparative butterier superlative butteriest buttery food has a lot of butter in it, or tastes as if it has butter in it … English dictionary
buttery — 1. adjective a) Made with or tasting of butter. The buttery tasting cookie was actually made with margarine, but you couldnt tell by tasting it. b) Resembling butter in some way. The old paper was a buttery color you no longer get. 2 … Wiktionary
