noun / verb

butter

BUHT-er/ˈbʌtər/

A solid fat made from cream, used in cooking or spread on food.

A soft curl of butter rests beside the yellow pat.

Soft yellow butter pat with curl sliced by butter knife on small dish, creamy fat texture clear; no packaging, writing or bread feast.

Etymology

Greek boutyron named the same milk fat. Its apparent meaning “cow-cheese” is uncertain: that analysis may be a folk etymology of a Scythian word.

In context

Preppy Kitchen2:47

For this recipe, you'll want to use European butter, not the regular American style butter. European butter will be softer, more yellow in color usually.

Homemade Croissants Recipe

More examples

Melt the butter before adding the flour.
He buttered both halves of the roll.
The sauce contains cream and butter.

Forms

butter · butters · buttered · buttering

Similar words

margarine: A similar spread usually made from vegetable oils rather than cream.