buttery

but·ter·y ¹

B0583100 (bŭt′ə-rē)adj.1. Containing or spread with butter.2. Like or resembling butter.3. Marked by effusive and insincere flattery.

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but′ter·i·ness n.

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but·ter·y ²

B0583100 (bŭt′ə-rē, bŭt′rē)n. pl. but·ter·ies 1. A room in which liquors are stored.2. Chiefly British A place in colleges and universities where students may buy provisions.

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[Middle English buttrie, from Anglo-Norman buterie, alteration of botelerie, from Old French botele, bottle; see bottle.]

buttery

(ˈbʌtərɪ) adj1. (Cookery) containing, like, or coated with butter2. informal grossly or insincerely flattering; obsequious ˈbutteriness n

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buttery

(ˈbʌtərɪ) n, pl -teries1. (Architecture) a room for storing foods or wines2. (Education) Brit (in some universities) a room in which food is supplied or sold to students[C14: from Anglo-French boterie, from Anglo-Latin buteria, probably from butta cask, butt⁴]

but•ter•y¹

(ˈbʌt ə ri)

adj. 1. like, containing, or spread with butter. 2. resembling butter, as in smoothness or softness of texture. 3. grossly flattering; smarmy. [1350–1400] but′ter•i•ness, n.

but•ter•y²

(ˈbʌt ə ri, ˈbʌ tri)

n., pl. -ter•ies. 1. Chiefly New Eng. a storeroom for provisions, wines, and liquors; pantry or larder. 2. Brit. a room in a college or university where students may buy food and drink. [1350–1400; Middle English boterie < Anglo-French, probably derivative of bote butt⁴]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	buttery - a small storeroom for storing foods or winespantry, larderstill room, stillroom - a pantry or storeroom connected with the kitchen (especially in a large house) for preparing tea and beverages and for storing liquors and preserves and tea etcstorage room, storeroom, stowage - a room in which things are stored
	2.	buttery - a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light mealstea parlor, tea parlour, teahouse, tearoom, teashop - a restaurant where tea and light meals are available
Adj.	1.	buttery - 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"fulsome, oleaginous, smarmy, unctuous, soapy, oilyinsincere - lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"
	2.	buttery - resembling or containing or spread with butter; "a rich buttery cake"fatty, fat - containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue"

Translations

黄油的

butter

(ˈbatə) noun a fatty substance made from cream by churning. 奶油 黄油 verb to spread with butter. She buttered the bread. 抹奶油 抹黄油ˈbuttery adjectivea buttery knife. 沾有奶油的 黄油的ˈbutterfingers noun a person who is likely to drop things which he or she is carrying. 手腳笨拙的人 拿不稳东西的人，手脚笨拙的人 ˈbutterscotch (-skotʃ) noun a kind of hard toffee made with butter. 奶油糖 奶油糖果butter up to flatter (someone) usually because one wants him to do something for one. 討好 讨好