noun “butter”
singular butter, uncountable
- a soft, fatty substance made by stirring cream from milk
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She spread butter on her toast for breakfast.
- a spreadable food product made from different non-dairy ingredients (e.g. peanuts)
Almond butter is a tasty spread that goes well on toast.
verb “butter”
infinitive butter; he butters; past tense buttered; past part. buttered; ger. buttering
- to spread butter on
She buttered the warm muffins before serving them.
- (skiing, snowboarding) to lean so far back or forward that only the front or back end of the skis or snowboard touches the snow
He buttered like a pro, lifting the front end of her snowboard off the snow.