Put a little butter in a large frying pan set over medium heat.
The Sun (2017)
Make sure the butter is soft or it won't blend in to the mix.
The Sun (2016)
White wine, garlic butter and cream are the cornerstone of many of its dishes.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Melt 25g butter in a spacious, lidded frying pan over a medium heat.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In autumn it turns butter yellow - better than a hazel - and the large and rounded leaves make a good splash in the garden.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Then you can enjoy a little butter on your toast.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Who really uses the butter compartment for actual butter anyway?
The Sun (2015)
Remove from the heat and whisk in the unsalted butter until well combined.
The Sun (2013)
Serve the lamb and beans with a bowl of buttered garden peas.
The Sun (2012)
Tip into a bowl and mix with the melted butter.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The punting butter is spread pretty thin by now.
The Sun (2014)
Whisk until combined and mix in the soft butter.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The first step is to fill a butter churn with cream.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Serve with buttered toast on the side.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
When cooking with fat use butter or olive oil.
Holford, Patrick The Family Nutrition Workbook (1988)
Put the butter in a bowl with the sugar and beat until the mixture is combined.
The Sun (2012)
Melt the butter in the oil and stir in the onions.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Put the butter in a small saucepan and melt over a gentle heat.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Melt 25g butter in a milk pan.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Melt 25g butter in a medium pan and stir in the flour followed by the mustard.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The autumn colour - pure butter yellow - is totally reliable.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In other languages
butter
British English: butter /ˈbʌtə/ NOUN
Butter is a yellowish substance made from cream which you spread on bread or use in cooking.
...bread and butter.
American English: butter
Arabic: زُبْدَة
Brazilian Portuguese: manteiga
Chinese: 黄油
Croatian: maslac
Czech: máslo
Danish: smør
Dutch: boter
European Spanish: mantequilla
Finnish: voi
French: beurre
German: Butter
Greek: βούτυρο
Italian: burro
Japanese: バター
Korean: 버터
Norwegian: smør
Polish: masło
European Portuguese: manteiga
Romanian: unt
Russian: масло
Latin American Spanish: mantequilla
Swedish: smör
Thai: เนย
Turkish: tereyağı
Ukrainian: масло
Vietnamese: bơ sữa
British English: butter VERB
If you butter something such as bread or toast, you spread butter on it.
She spread pieces of bread on the counter and began buttering them.
American English: butter
Brazilian Portuguese: untar com manteiga
Chinese: 涂黄油
European Spanish: untar con mantequilla
French: beurrer
German: buttern
Italian: imburrare
Japanese: バターを塗る
Korean: 버터를 바르다
European Portuguese: barrar com manteiga
Latin American Spanish: untar con mantequilla
All related terms of 'butter'
butter up
If someone butters you up , they try to please you because they want you to help or support them.
butter bean
Butter beans are the yellowish flat round seeds of a kind of bean plant. They are eaten as a vegetable , and in Britain they are usually sold dried rather than fresh .
butter clam
any of a genus ( Saxidomus ) of large, edible clams found along the Pacific coast of North America
butter dish
a small dish designed to hold butter
butter tart
a kind of tart made with butter , brown sugar , and raisins
butter tree
any of several trees, as the shea , whose fatty seeds yield a butterlike substance
shea butter
the white butter-like fat obtained from the seeds of this plant and used as food , to make soaps , etc
apple butter
a jam made from stewed spiced apples
black butter
See beurre noir
brandy butter
butter and sugar creamed together with brandy and served with Christmas pudding , etc
brown butter
See beurre noir
butter cloth
a type of open , unsized muslin
butter cooler
an earthenware container, consisting of a dish and cover, used to keep butter cool
butter icing
a mixture of butter and icing sugar used for filling or topping cakes
butter knife
a knife , often with a curved tip , used for picking up butter at a table
butter knives
a knife , often with a curved tip , used for picking up butter at a table
butter muslin
a fine loosely woven cotton material originally used for wrapping butter
butter paper
a semi-transparent, waterproof paper used for wrapping butter , etc
butter sauce
a sauce made of melted butter , often diluted with water, sometimes thickened with flour or egg yolk , or both, and seasoned with lemon juice
cacao butter
→ cocoa butter
cocoa butter
a yellowish-white waxy solid that is obtained from cocoa beans and used for confectionery , soap , etc
drawn butter
melted butter often with seasonings
kokum butter
a tropical evergreen tree from India, Garcinia indica , that produces fruit which is dark purple when ripe containing large seeds from which an important edible fat is obtained
lemon butter
a spread made of butter flavored with lemon
maple butter
a creamy spread made by heating, then rapidly cooling and stirring maple syrup
peanut butter
Peanut butter is a brown paste made out of crushed peanuts which you can spread on bread and eat .
coconut butter
a solid form of coconut oil
witches' butter
a member of any of three orders ( Auriculariales, Tremellales, and Dacrymycetales ) of basidiomycetous fungi that grow on trees and have a jelly-like consistency when wet . They include the conspicuous yellow brain fungus ( Tremella mesenterica ), the black witch's butter ( Exidia plana ), and the pinky-red jew's- ear ( Auricularia auricula-judae )
butter of zinc
a white odourless soluble poisonous granular solid used in manufacturing parchment paper and vulcanized fibre and in preserving wood. It is also a soldering flux , embalming agent, and a medical astringent and antiseptic . Formula: ZnCl 2
clarified butter
butter with the water and milk solids removed, used for cooking at high temperatures without burning
vegetable butter
any of a group of vegetable fats having the consistency of butter
bread and butter
Something that is the bread and butter of a person or organization is the activity or work that provides the main part of their income .
butter-and-eggs
any of various plants, such as toadflax , the flowers of which are of two shades of yellow
guns and butter
a symbol for the economic policy of a government insofar as spending is allocated for either military or social purposes
maître d'hôtel butter
melted butter mixed with parsley and lemon juice
peanut-butter sandwich
a sandwich with a filling of peanut-butter
your bread and butter
the main way that you earn money
bread-and-butter letter
a letter expressing gratitude for hospitality
bread-and-butter pickles
a sweet pickle relish made of sliced cucumbers , onions , and, often, bell peppers with mustard seed, turmeric , etc.
bread-and-butter pudding
a pudding made by soaking layers of bread and butter scattered with currants or raisins in a mixture of milk, beaten egg, and sugar and baking the result
like a knife through butter
quickly and without any problems
butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth
said to mean that although someone looks completely innocent , they are capable of doing something bad
like a knife through butter/like a hot knife through butter
If someone does something like a knife through butter or like a hot knife through butter , they do it very easily .