Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream;
for cooking and table use;
2.
a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head;
VERB (1)
1.
spread butter on;
- Example: "butter bread"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Butter \But"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttered (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Buttering.]
1. To cover or spread with butter.
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I know what's what. I know on which side
My bread is buttered. --Ford.
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2. To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game.
[Cant] --Johnson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Butter \But"ter\ (b[u^]t"t[~e]r), n. [OE. botere, butter, AS.
butere, fr. L. butyrum, Gr. boy`turon; either fr. boy`s ox,
cow + turo`s cheese; or, perhaps, of Scythian origin. Cf.
Cow.]
1. An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by
churning.
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2. Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence,
or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the
chlorides, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of
antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly
solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao,
vegetable butter, shea butter.
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Butter boat, a small vessel for holding melted butter at
table.
Butter flower, the buttercup, a yellow flower.
Butter print, a piece of carved wood used to mark pats of
butter; -- called also butter stamp. --Locke.
Butter tooth, either of the two middle incisors of the
upper jaw.
Butter tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Bassia, the seeds
of which yield a substance closely resembling butter. The
butter tree of India is the Bassia butyracea; that of
Africa is the Shea tree (Bassia Parkii). See Shea
tree.
Butter trier, a tool used in sampling butter.
Butter wife, a woman who makes or sells butter; -- called
also butter woman. [Obs. or Archaic]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Butter \Butt"er\, n.
One who, or that which, butts.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
butter
n 1: an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or
cream; for cooking and table use
2: a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head
v 1: spread butter on; "butter bread"