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Look up: butter

  1. butter
    [n] - a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head 2. [n] - an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream 3. [v] - spread butter on, as of bread
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. butter
    butter is an aqueous emulsion in the milk fat, the water being its dispersed phase and the fat its dispersion medium Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Butter
    But'ter (bŭt'tẽr) noun [ Middle English botere , butter , Anglo-Saxon butere , from Latin butyrum , Greek boy`tyron ; either from boy`s ox, cow + tyro`s cheese; or, perhaps, of Scythian origin. Confer Cow .] 1. An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning. 2. Any substance re ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/118

  4. Butter
    But'ter transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Buttered ; present participle & verbal noun Buttering .] 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] Jo ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/118

  5. Butter
    Butt'er noun One who, or that which, butts.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/118

  6. butter
    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 cac ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. butter
    noun an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. butter
    noun a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. butter
    verb spread butter on; `butter bread`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. Butter
    `Butter` is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. Butter is used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking applications such as baking, sauce making, and frying. Butter consists of butterfat surrounding minuscule droplets consisting mostly of water and milk proteins. The most common form of butter is made from cows' milk, but it can also be made from the milk of other mammals, including sheep, goats, buffalo,...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter

  11. Butter
    • (n.) An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning. • (n.) Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures, as...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. butter
    a yellow-to-white solid emulsion of fat globules, water, and inorganic salts produced by churning the cream from cows` milk. Butter has long been ... [6 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/135

  13. butter
    butter A soft, pale yellow, fatty food made by churning cream and used for cooking and for spreading on food. From Old English butere, via prehistoric Germanic from Latin butyrum, from Greek bouturon, of uncertain origin; perhaps originally 'cow's milk curds' formed from bous, 'ox'.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  14. butter
    butter, dairy product obtained by churning the fat from milk until it solidifies. In most areas the milk of cows is the basis, but elsewhere that of goats, sheep, and mares has been used. Butter was known by 2000 B.C., although in ancient times it was used less as food than as an ointment, medicine,...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0


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