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butter[1,noun] butter[2,verb] bread-and-butter butter-and-eggs butter bean cocoa butter drawn butter peanut butter

Main Entry: ¹but·ter
Pronunciation: bt-r
Function: noun
Etymology: Old English butere "butter," from Latin butyrum (same meaning), from Greek boutyron, from bous "ox, cow" and tyros "cheese" --related to BUFFALO
1 : a solid yellow fatty food made by churning milk or cream
2 : a substance resembling butter in texture or use <apple butter>
- but·tery /--r/ adjective

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