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Adjective
/ˈbətərē/,
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Containing or tasting like butter,
  1. Containing or tasting like butter
    • - layers of flaky buttery pastry
  2. Covered with butter
    • - buttery fingers
Noun
  1. A pantry, or a room for storing wine and liquor

  2. A room, esp. in a college, where food is kept and sold to students


  1. pantry: a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
  2. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments"
  3. a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals
  4. resembling or containing or spread with butter; "a rich buttery cake"
  5. A buttery, also known as a rowie, rollie or Aberdeen roll, is a savoury Scottish bread roll.
  6. A buttery was a domestic room in a large medieval house. Part of the offices pertaining to the kitchen, it was generally a room close to the Great Hall and was traditionally the place from which the yeoman of the buttery served beer and candles to those lower members of the household not ...
  7. In the Middle Ages, a buttery was a storeroom for liquor, the name being derived from the Latin and French words for bottle or, to put the word into its simpler form, a butt, that is, a cask. ...
  8. A room for keeping food or beverages; a storeroom; A room in a university where snacks are sold; Made with or tasting of butter; Resembling butter in some way
  9. (butterier) comparative form of buttery: more buttery
  10. (butteries) Similar to croissants, but richer and saltier. Popular in Aberdeen, where they are eaten at breakfast. Traditional recipes use lard, but commercial versions are generally made with vegetable oils. Also known as rowies or Aberdeen rolls.
  11. Describes a rich wine with a texture like that of melted butter, often referring to Chardonnay.
  12. A relatively high level of oily material suspended in the coffee beverage. The result of substantial amounts of fat present in the beans. Most often a characteristic of high coffee-to-water ratio brews.
  13. Descriptor for rich flavor and smoothness of texture, somewhat akin to the oiliness and flavor of butter. More often refers to oak-aged white wines than reds; many Chardonnays and white Burgundies are said to have buttery aromas and flavors.
  14. A smell, taste and smoothness on the palate all reminiscent of butter-found in some red wines, but more often in whites.
  15. A full flavored coffee with a oily feeling in the mouth that may bring to mind the richness of butter.
  16. Taste term for the rich, creamy characters often found in barrel-fermented Chardonnay that has undergone malolactic fermentation.
  17. having a taste like butter or butterscotch, signifying the presence of diacetyl.
  18. Next to the kitchen, a room from where wine was dispensed.
  19. Describes taste sensation found in better white wines, particularly Chardonnay.
  20. Indicates the smell of melted butter or toasty oak. Also a reference to texture, as in "a rich, buttery Chardonnay."
  21. A term for the rich, buttery flavor and smoothness of texture in some wines (usually oak-aged white wines) resulting from the presence of lactic acid.
  22. Located in Hall JCR (see college map), this mini shop service is open from 9.30am-12.30pm and 3.30-5.30pm Monday to Friday. It supplies toast, tea, coffee, chocolate, crisps, milk, stationery,etc, (oddly, not butter).
  23. A wine with the taste or aroma of butter comes from the wine's contact with yeast during the primary alcoholic fermentation, the conversion of harsh acids into softer ones during the secondary malolactic fermentation, or the flavors imparted from oak barrel. ...
  24. Full- bodied with an oily and rich mouthfeel.
  25. Describes flavors that are reminiscent of the taste of butter. These are found in white wines, especially Chardonnay.