butter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
  2. noun a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head
  3. verb spread butter on
    • butter bread

WordNet

But"ter noun
Etymology
OE. botere, butter, AS. butere, fr. L. butyrum, Gr. either fr. ox, cow + cheese; or, perhaps, of Scythian origin. Cf. Cow.
Definitions
  1. An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.
  2. Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chloridess, 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.
But"ter transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Buttered (); present participle & verbal noun Buttering
Definitions
  1. To cover or spread with butter.
    I know what's what. I know on which side My bread is buttered. Ford.
  2. To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game. Cant Johnson.
Butt"er noun
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, butts.

Webster 1913