butter

Word family

Related topics: Food, dish

but·ter1 /ˈbʌtə $ -ər/ S2 noun [uncountableU]

1. DFFa solid yellow food made from milk or cream that you spread on bread or use in cooking 黄油，牛油 → bread-and-butter

2. butter wouldn’t melt in somebody’s mouth PRETENDused to say that someone seems to be very kind and sincere but is not really 某人装出一副老实样

—buttery adjectiveadj

n COLLOCATIONS

adjectives

salted/unsalted (=with or without salt in it)

Unsalted butter is better for baking.

Most butter is slightly salted.

melted butter (=heated until it is liquid)

Brush the pastry with a little melted butter.

phrases

a pat of butter (=a small flat piece)

Breakfast was a small roll and a pat of butter.

a knob of butter (=a small round piece)

Add a knob of butter to the meat juices in the pan.

a lump of butter

He served himself a big lump of butter.

verbs

spread butter on something

Lee was spreading butter on his toast.

spread something with butter

Spread the warm crumpets with butter.

melt butter

Melt the butter and mix it with the other ingredients.

soften butter

First soften the butter in a warm place.

Examples from the Corpus

butter• Use colander to strain. 5 Tip peas into serving dish. 6 Get butter from refrigerator.• Hot soup, stew or casserole in a thermos flask, plus a roll - but no butter or margarine.• Or use a combination of butter and margarine in cooking if you prefer the butter flavor.• Beat the butter and sugar together.• Beat the butter in a mixing bowl until creamy and light.• The inside is soft and moist, soaking up the butter.• Roll up each piece of fish and put into an ovenproof dish, pour over the marinade and dot with the butter.• Whipped margarine, like whipped butter, has fewer calories per equal volume than regular margarine.• My sister-in-law Joy has another twist on this white / yellow / butter / salt / sweet comfort food thing.