English-Thai Dictionary

butter

N เนย  noei

 

butter up to

PHRV ประจบ  สอพลอ  ประจบประแจง  pra-job

 

butterball

N คน อ้วน เจ้าเนื้อ  kon-uan-chao-nua

 

buttercream

N ส่วนผสม ของ เนย และ น้ำตาล ที่ ใช้ แต่งหน้า เค้ก  suan-pa-som-kong-noei-lae-nam-tan-ti-chai-taeng-na-khek

 

buttercup

N ต้นไม้ ป่า มีด อก เล็ก สีเหลือง  รูปร่าง เหมือน ถ้วย  ton-mai-pa-me-dok-lek-se-lueang-rub-rang-muean-tuai

 

butterfat

N เนย เหลว  nei-leo

 

butterfingered

A ที่ เหมือน คน ซุ่มซ่าม เงอะงะ  ti-muan-kon-soom-sarm-nger-nga

 

butterfingers

N คนที่ ทำ ของ ตกหล่น บ่อย  kon-ti-tham-kong-tok-lon-boi

 

butterfingers

SL คำ เรียก คนที่ ไม่ สามารถ ยึด  ถือ สิ่งใด ไว้ ได้  kham-riak-kon-ti-mai-sa-mad-yued thue-sing-dai-wai-dai

 

butterfish

N ปลา จาระ เม็ด  pompano pla-ja-ra-med

 

butterfly

N การ ว่ายน้ำ ท่า ผีเสื้อ  kan-wai-nam-tha-phi-suea

 

butterfly

N คนโง่ หรือ คนที่ ไม่ใส่ใจ ใน เรื่อง ใดๆ  scatterbrain kon-ngo-rue-kon-ti-mai-sai-jai-nai-rueang-dai-dai

 

butterfly

N ผีเสื้อ  phi-suea

 

butterflyfish

N ปลา ทะเลช นิดหนึ่ง มี เหงือก กว้าง  plar-ta-le-cha-nid-nueng-mi-nguag-kwarng

 

buttermilk

N นมเปรี้ยวช นิดหนึ่ง  nom-piaol-cha-nid-nueng

 

butternut

N ผลไม้ เปลือก แข็งช นิดหนึ่ง ให้ น้ำมัน เหลว  pol-mai-pluag-kaeng-cha-nid-nueng-hai-nam-man-leo

 

butterscotch

N ขนมหวานช นิดหนึ่ง  nom-piaol-cha-nid-nueng

 

butterscotch

N ซอสช นิดหนึ่ง  sod-cha-nid-nueng

 

butterweed

N ต้นไม้ ป่าช นิดหนึ่ง มีด อก สีเหลือง  ton-mai-par-cha-nid-nueng-dok-si-luang

 

butterwort

N ต้นไม้ช นิดหนึ่ง มี ใบ เหนียว ใช้ ดัก แมลง  ton-mai-cha-nid-nueng-mi-bai-niao-chai-dak-ma-laeng

 

buttery

ADJ ทา เนย  เหมือน เนย  ประกอบด้วย เนย  ta nei muean-nei pra-kob-duai-nei

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BUTTER

n.[L. butyrum.] An oily substance obtained from cream or milk by churning. Agitation separates the fat or oily part of milk from the thin or serous part, called butter-milk. Butter, in the old chimistry, was applied to various preparations; as,
Butter of antimony, now called the sublimated muriate of antimony, and made by distilling a mixture of corrosive sublimate and the regulus.
Butter of arsenic, sublimated muriate of arsenic, made by a like process.
Butter of bismuth, sublimated muriate of bismuth.
Butter of tin, sublimated muriate of tin.
Butter of zink, sublimated muriate of zink.
Butter of cacao, is an oily concrete white matter obtained from the cacao nut, made by bruising the nut and boiling it in water.
Butter of wax, the oleaginous part of wax, obtained by distillation, and of a butyraceous consistence.

 

BUTTER

v.t.To smear with butter. 1. To increase the stakes at every throw or every game; a cant term among gamesters.

 

BUTTER-BUMP

n.The bittern.

 

BUTTER-BURR

n.A plant, a species of Tussilago, or Colt's-foot, called petasites, growing in wet land, with large leaves.

 

BUTTER-CUPS

n.A name given to a species of Ranunculus or crow-foot, with bright yellow flowers; called also golden-cup.

 

BUTTER-FLOWER

n.A yellow flower.

 

BUTTERFLY

n.[from the color of a yellow species. ] Papilio, a genus of insects, of the order of lepidopters. They have four wings imbricated with a kind of downy scales; the tongue is convoluted in a spiral form; and the body is hairy. The species are numerous. Butter-flies proceed from the crysalids of caterpillars; caterpillars proceed from eggs deposited by butterflies; they then change into crysalids, which produce butterflies, which again deposit their eggs.

 

BUTTERFLY-SHELL

n.A genus of testaceous `molluscas, with a spiral unilocular shell; called voluta.

 

BUTTERIS

n.An instrument of steel set in wood, for paring the hoof of a horse.

 

BUTTER-MILK

n.The milk that remains after the butter is separated from it. Johnson calls this whey; but whey is the thin part of the milk after the curd or cheese is separated. Butter-milk in America is not called whey.

 

BUTTERNUT

n.[butter and nut. ] The fruit of an American tree, the Juglans cinerea; so called from the oil it contains. The tree bears a resemblance, in its general appearance, to the walnut, or black walnut, so called. It is sometimes called oilnut and white walnut. The tree is called also butternut or butternut-tree. Dr. M. Cutler calls it Juglans Cathartica.

 

BUTTER-PRINT, BUTTER-STAMP

n.A piece of carved wood, used to mark cakes of butter.

 

BUTTER-TOOTH

n.A broad fore tooth.

 

BUTTER-WIFE, BUTTER-WOMAN

n.A woman who sells butter.

 

BUTTERWORT

n.A species of Pinguicula, a plant growing on bogs or soft grounds. The leaves are covered with soft pellucid prickles, which secrete a glutinous liquor; and milk, in which these are steeped, or washed, acquires, in a day or two, consistency, and is an agreeable food, used in the north of Sweden.

 

BUTTERY

a.[from butter. ] Having the qualities or appearance of butter.

 

BUTTERY

n.An apartment in a house, where butter, milk, provisions and utensils are kept. In some colleges, a room where liquors, fruit and refreshments are kept for sale to the students.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BUTTER

But "ter, n. Etym: [OE. botere, butter, AS. butere, fr. L. butyrum,Gr. Cow. ]

 

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. Butter and eggs (Bot. ), a name given to several plants having flowers of two shades of yellow, as Narcissus incomparabilis, and in the United States to the toadflax (Linaria vulgaris ). -- Butter boat, a small vessel for holding melted butter at table. -- Butter flower, the buttercup, a yellow flower. -- Butter print, a piece of carved wood used to mark pats of butter; -- called also butter stamp. Locke. -- Butter tooth, either of the two middle incisors of the upper jaw. -- Butter tree (Bot. ), a tree of the genus Bassia, the seeds of which yield a substance closely resembling butter. The butter tree of India is the B. butyracea; that of Africa is the Shea tree (B.Parkii ). See Shea tree. -- Butter trier, a tool used in sampling butter. -- Butter wife, a woman who makes or sells butter; -- called also butter woman. [Obs. or Archaic ]

 

BUTTER

But "ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttered (p. pr. & vb. n. 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 ] Johnson.

 

BUTTER

BUTTER Butt "er, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, butts.

 

BUTTERBALL

BUTTERBALL But "ter *ball `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The buffel duck.

 

BUTTERBIRD

BUTTERBIRD But "ter *bird `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The rice bunting or bobolink; -- so called in the island of Jamaica.

 

BUTTERBUMP

But "ter *bump `, n. Etym: [OE. buttur the bittern + 5th bump. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The European bittern. Johnson.

 

BUTTERBUR

BUTTERBUR But "ter *bur `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A broad-leaved plant (Petasites vulgaris ) of the Composite family, said to have been used in England for wrapping up pats of butter.

 

BUTTERCUP

BUTTERCUP But "ter *cup `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare.

 

BUTTER-FINGERED

BUTTER-FINGERED But "ter-fin `gered, a.

 

Defn: Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless.

 

BUTTERFISH

BUTTERFISH But "ter *fish `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand.

 

BUTTERFLY

But "ter *fly `, n.; pl. Butterflies. Etym: [Perh. from the color of a yellow species. AS. buter-flege, buttor-fleóge; cf. G. butterfliege, D. botervlieg. See Butter, and Fly. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera.

 

Note: [See Illust. under Aphrodite. ] Asclepias butterfly. See under Asclepias. -- Butterfly fish (Zoöl.), the ocellated blenny (Blennius ocellaris ) of Europe. See Blenny. The term is also applied to the flying gurnard. -- Butterfly shell (Zoöl.), a shell of the genus Voluta. -- Butterfly valve (Mech. ), a kind of double clack valve, consisting of two semicircular clappers or wings hinged to a cross rib in the pump bucket. When open it somewhat resembles a butterfly in shape.

 

BUTTERINE

BUTTERINE But "ter *ine, n.

 

Defn: A substance prepared from animal fat with some other ingredients intermixed, as an imitation of butter. The manufacturers ship large quantities of oleomargarine to England, Holland, and other countries, to be manufactured into butter, which is sold as butterine or suine. Johnson's Cyc.

 

BUTTERIS

But "ter *is, n. Etym: [The same word as buttress, noun, in a different application, F. bouter to push. ] (Far. )

 

Defn: A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses.

 

BUTTERMAN

But "ter *man `, n.; pl. Buttermen (.

 

Defn: A man who makes or sells butter.

 

BUTTERMILK

BUTTERMILK But "ter *milk `, n.

 

Defn: The milk that remains after the butter is separated from the cream.

 

BUTTERNUT

BUTTERNUT But "ter *nut `, n.

 

1. (Bot. )

 

Defn: An American tree (Juglans cinerea ) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut.

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and C. nuciferum, of S. America; -- called also Souari nut.

 

BUTTER-SCOTCH

BUTTER-SCOTCH But "ter-scotch `, n.

 

Defn: A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter. [Colloq. ] Dickens.

 

BUTTERWEED

BUTTERWEED But "ter *weed `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: An annual composite plant of the Mississippi valley (Senecio lobatus ).

 

BUTTERWEIGHT

BUTTERWEIGHT But "ter *weight `, n.

 

Defn: Over weight. Swift.

 

Note: Formerly it was a custom to give 18 ounces of butter for a pound.

 

BUTTERWORT

BUTTERWORT But "ter *wort `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula ) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone.

 

BUTTERY

BUTTERY But "ter *y, a.

 

Defn: Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter.

 

BUTTERY

But "ter *y, n.; pl. Buttplwies (. Etym: [OE. botery, botry; cf. LL. botaria wine vessel; also OE. botelerie, fr. F. bouteillerie, fr. boutellie bottle. Not derived from butter. See Bottle a hollow vessel, Butt a cask. ]

 

1. An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept. All that need a cool and fresh temper, as cellars, pantries, and butteries, to the north. Sir H. Wotton.

 

2. A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and refreshments are kept for sale to the students. And the major Oxford kept the buttery bar. E. Hall.

 

3. A cellar in which butts of wine are kept. Weale. Buttery hatch, a half door between the buttery or kitchen and the hall, in old mansions, over which provisions were passed. Wright.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

butter

but ter |ˈbətər ˈbədər | ▶noun a pale yellow edible fatty substance made by churning cream and used as a spread or in cooking. ▶verb [ with obj. ] spread (something ) with butter: she buttered the toast | (as adj. buttered ) : lavishly buttered bread. PHRASES look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth informal appear gentle or innocent while typically being the opposite. PHRASAL VERBS butter someone up informal flatter or otherwise ingratiate oneself with someone. ORIGIN Old English butere, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch boter and German Butter, based on Latin butyrum, from Greek bouturon ‘cow cheese. ’

 

butter-and-eggs

but ter-and-eggs ▶noun see toadflax.

 

butterball

but ter ball |ˈbətərˌbôl ˈbədərbɔl | ▶noun informal derogatory a fat person. • a plump bird, esp. a turkey or bufflehead.

 

butter bean

but ter bean |ˈbədər ˌbin | ▶noun a lima bean, esp. one of a variety with large flat white seeds that are usually dried.

 

butterbur

but ter bur |ˈbətərˌbər ˈbədərbər | ▶noun a Eurasian waterside plant of the daisy family, the rounded flower heads of which are produced before the leaves. The large soft leaves were formerly used to wrap butter, and extracts of the plant have long been used medicinally as a powerful anticonvulsant. [Genus Petasites, family Compositae: several species, in particular the common P. hybridus. ]

 

butter cap

butter cap ▶noun a buff-coloured woodland toadstool with a greasy cap, found in both Eurasia and North America and typically growing in tufts and often in rings. ●Collybia butyracea, family Tricholomataceae, class Hymenomycetes.

 

buttercream

but ter cream |ˈbətərˌkrēm ˈbədərˌkrim | ▶noun a soft mixture of butter and powdered sugar used as a filling or topping for a cake.

 

buttercup

but ter cup |ˈbətərˌkəp ˈbədərˌkəp | ▶noun a herbaceous plant with bright yellow cup-shaped flowers, common in grassland and as a garden weed. All kinds are poisonous and generally avoided by livestock. [Genus Ranunculus, family Ranunculaceae (the buttercup family ): numerous species, including the very familiar common buttercup (R. acris ). This large family also includes anemones, celandines, aconites, clematises, and hellebores, many of which have poisonous seeds. ]

 

buttercup squash

but ter cup squash ▶noun a winter squash of a variety with dark green skin and orange flesh.

 

butterfat

but ter fat |ˈbətərˌfat ˈbədərˌfæt | ▶noun the natural fat contained in milk and dairy products.

 

Butterfield, William

Butter |field |ˈbʌtəˌfiːld | (1814 –1900 ), English architect, an exponent of the Gothic revival. Notable designs: Keble College, Oxford (1867 –83 ).

 

butterfingers

but ter fin gers |ˈbətərˌfiNGgərz ˈbədərˌfɪŋɡərz | ▶noun ( pl. same ) informal a clumsy person, esp. one who fails to hold a catch. • clumsiness in handling something: fumbling for the ball with butterfingers. DERIVATIVES but ter fin gered adjective

 

butterfish

but ter fish |ˈbətərˌfiSH ˈbədərˌfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or butterfishes ) any of a number of fishes with oily flesh or slippery skin, in particular: [● a deep-bodied edible fish of temperate and tropical seas (family Stromateidae ), in particular Peprilus triacanthus of eastern North America. ● another term for gunnel 1 ● an Australasian reef fish (family Odacidae ), in particular the edible Odax pullus of New Zealand, which has green bones and feeds on kelp. ● a tropical freshwater or marine fish that is popular in aquariums (several families, including Scatophagidae ).]

 

butterfly

but ter fly |ˈbətərˌflī ˈbədərˌflaɪ | ▶noun ( pl. butterflies ) an insect with two pairs of large wings that are covered with tiny scales, usually brightly colored, and typically held erect when at rest. Butterflies fly by day, have clubbed or dilated antennae, and usually feed on nectar. [Superfamilies Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea, order Lepidoptera: several families. Formerly placed in a grouping known as the Rhopalocera. Compare with moth . ] • a showy or frivolous person: a social butterfly. • (butterflies ) informal a fluttering and nauseated sensation felt in the stomach when one is nervous. • (in full butterfly stroke ) [ in sing. ] a stroke in swimming in which both arms are raised out of the water and lifted forward together. • [ as modifier ] having a two-lobed shape resembling the spread wings of a butterfly: a butterfly clip. ▶verb ( butterflies, butterflying, butterflied ) [ with obj. ] split (a piece of meat ) almost in two and spread it out flat: (as adj. butterflied ) : butterflied shrimp. ORIGIN Old English, from butter + fly 2; perhaps from the cream or yellow color of common species, or from an old belief that the insects stole butter.

 

butterfly bush

but ter fly bush ▶noun a Chinese buddleia that is cultivated in the West for its large spikes of fragrant purplish-lilac or white flowers, which are highly attractive to butterflies. [Buddleia davidii, family Loganiaceae. ]

 

butterfly cake

butter |fly cake ▶noun Brit. a small sponge cake with its top cut off and divided into two pieces, which are then fixed to the cake with buttercream at an angle to resemble a butterfly's wings.

 

butterfly effect

but ter fly ef fect |ˈbədərˌflaɪ əˈfɛkt | ▶noun (with reference to chaos theory ) the phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere. ORIGIN 1980s: from the notion that a butterfly fluttering in Rio de Janeiro could change the weather in Chicago.

 

butterflyfish

but ter fly fish |ˈbətərˌflaɪfiSH ˈbətərˌflaɪfɪʃ | ▶noun 1 any of a number of typically brightly colored or boldly marked fish of warm waters, in particular: [● a reef-dwelling fish that is popular in marine aquariums (Chaetodon and other genera, family Chaetodontidae ). ● a predatory marine fish that bears long venomous spines (genus Pterois, family Scorpaenidae ).] 2 a West African freshwater fish with large pectoral fins used in leaping out of the water and long fin rays used as stilts. [Pantodon buchholzi, the only member of the family Pantodontidae. ]

 

butterfly knife

but ter fly knife ▶noun a long broad knife used in pairs in some forms of kung fu.

 

butterfly net

but ter fly net ▶noun a fine-meshed bag supported on a frame at the end of a handle for catching butterflies. • humorous such a net supposedly dropped over a person in order to take the person away to a mental hospital: the men with the butterfly nets will be sitting on the foot of my bed.

 

butterfly nut

but ter fly nut ▶noun another term for wing nut.

 

butterfly orchid

but ter fly or chid ▶noun an epiphytic wild orchid of South America with large yellow and red flowers that somewhat resemble a butterfly in shape. [Oncidium papilio, family Orchidaceae. ]

 

butterfly ray

butter |fly ray ▶noun a small ray of warm coastal waters with very broad triangular fins. ●Family Gymnuridae and genus Gymnura: several species, including G. natalensis.

 

butterfly stroke

but ter fly stroke ▶noun another term for butterfly (in swimming ).

 

butterfly valve

but ter fly valve ▶noun 1 a valve consisting of a disk rotating on an axis across the diameter of a pipe to regulate the flow, as in the throttles of many engines. 2 a valve consisting of a pair of semicircular plates that are attached to a spindle across a pipe and hinged to allow flow only one way.

 

butterfly weed

but ter fly weed ▶noun a North American milkweed with bright orange flowers that are attractive to butterflies. [Asclepias tuberosa, family Asclepiadaceae. ]

 

butterhead lettuce

but ter head let tuce |ˈbətərˌhed ˈletəs ˌbətərhɛd ˈlɛtəs | ▶noun a class of lettuce varieties having soft leaves that grow in a loose head.

 

butter icing

but ter ic ing ▶noun another term for buttercream.

 

butter knife

but ter knife |ˈbədər naɪf | ▶noun a blunt knife used for cutting or spreading butter or other similar spreads.

 

buttermilk

but ter milk |ˈbətərˌmilk ˈbədərˌmɪlk | ▶noun the slightly sour liquid left after butter has been churned, used in baking or consumed as a drink. • a pale yellow color (used esp. to describe paint or wallpaper ): [ as modifier ] : buttermilk paintwork.

 

butter muslin

but ¦ter mus ¦lin ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. loosely woven cotton cloth, formerly used for wrapping butter.

 

butternut

but ter nut |ˈbətərˌnət ˈbədərˌnət | ▶noun 1 a North American walnut tree that bears oblong sticky fruits. Its light-colored, soft timber is useful primarily for making furniture and cabinetry. Also called white walnut. [Juglans cinerea, family Juglandaceae. ] • the edible oily nut of this tree. 2 historical, informal a Confederate soldier or supporter (so called because the fabric of the Confederate uniform was typically homespun and dyed with butternut extract ).

 

butternut squash

but ter nut squash ▶noun a popular winter squash of a variety that has a bell-shaped fruit with sweet orange-yellow flesh.

 

butterscotch

but ter scotch |ˈbətərˌskäCH ˈbədərˌskɑtʃ | ▶noun a flavor created originally by combining melted butter with brown sugar: [ as modifier ] : butterscotch syrup. • a candy with this flavor.

 

butter tart

but ter tart |ˈbədər tɑːrt | ▶noun Canadian a tart with a filling of butter, eggs, brown sugar, and, typically, raisins.

 

butterweed

but ter weed |ˈbətərˌwēd ˈbətərwid | ▶noun a yellow-flowered plant of the daisy family, closely related to ragwort. [Genus Senecio, family Compositae: several species, including the common butterweed (S. vulgaris ) of the Pacific states and Bolander's butterweed (S. bolanderi ), found esp. along the Pacific coast of North America. ]

 

butterwort

but ter wort |ˈbətərˌwərt, -ˌwôrt ˈbədərwərt | ▶noun a carnivorous bog plant that has violet flowers borne above a rosette of yellowish-green greasy leaves that trap and digest small insects. It is native to both Eurasia and North America. [Genus Pinguicula, family Lentibulariaceae: several species, in particular the common butterwort (P. vulgaris ).] ORIGIN late 16th cent.

 

buttery

but ter y 1 |ˈbətərē ˈbətri | ▶adjective containing or tasting like butter: layers of flaky buttery pastry. • covered with butter: buttery fingers. DERIVATIVES but ter i ness noun

 

buttery

but ter y 2 |ˈbətri ˈbətərē | ▶noun ( pl. butteries ) a pantry, or a room for storing wine and liquor. • Brit. a room, esp. in a college, where food is kept and sold to students. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French boterie ‘storeroom for casks, ’ from Old French bot (see butt 4 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

butter

but ¦ter |ˈbʌtə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a pale yellow edible fatty substance made by churning cream and used as a spread or in cooking. ▶verb [ with obj. ] spread (something ) with butter: Lily buttered a slice of toast | (as adj. buttered ) : lavishly buttered bread. PHRASES look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth informal appear gentle or innocent while typically being the opposite. PHRASAL VERBS butter someone up informal flatter or otherwise ingratiate oneself with someone. ORIGIN Old English butere, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch boter and German Butter, based on Latin butyrum, from Greek bouturon.

 

butter-and-eggs

butter-and-eggs ▶noun any of a number of plants having two shades of yellow in the flower, especially yellow toadflax.

 

butterball

butter |ball |ˈbʌtəbɔːl | ▶noun N. Amer. a plump bird, especially a turkey or bufflehead. • informal, derogatory a fat person.

 

butter bean

but ¦ter bean ▶noun Brit. a lima bean, especially one of a variety with large flat white seeds.

 

butterbur

butterbur |ˈbʌtəbəː | ▶noun a Eurasian waterside plant of the daisy family, the rounded flower heads of which are produced before the leaves. The large, soft leaves were formerly used to wrap butter, and extracts are used medicinally as an anticonvulsant. ●Genus Petasites, family Compositae: several species, in particular the common P. hybridus.

 

butter cap

butter cap ▶noun a buff-coloured woodland toadstool with a greasy cap, found in both Eurasia and North America and typically growing in tufts and often in rings. ●Collybia butyracea, family Tricholomataceae, class Hymenomycetes.

 

buttercream

butter |cream |ˈbʌtəkriːm | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a soft mixture of butter and icing sugar used as a filling or topping for a cake.

 

buttercup

butter |cup |ˈbʌtəkʌp | ▶noun a herbaceous plant with bright yellow cup-shaped flowers, which is common in grassland and as a garden weed. All kinds are poisonous and generally avoided by livestock. ●Genus Ranunculus, family Ranunculaceae (the buttercup family ). This large family also includes anemones, celandines, aconites, clematis, and hellebores, many of which have poisonous seeds.

 

buttercup squash

butter |cup squash ▶noun a winter squash of a variety with dark green rind and orange flesh.

 

butterfat

butter |fat |ˈbʌtəfat | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the natural fat contained in milk and dairy products.

 

Butterfield, William

Butter |field |ˈbʌtəˌfiːld | (1814 –1900 ), English architect, an exponent of the Gothic revival. Notable designs: Keble College, Oxford (1867 –83 ).

 

butterfingers

butter |fingers |ˈbʌtəfɪŋɡəz | ▶noun ( pl. same ) informal a clumsy person, especially one who fails to hold a catch. DERIVATIVES butterfingered adjective

 

butterfish

butter |fish |ˈbʌtəfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or butterfishes ) any of a number of fishes with oily flesh or slippery skin: ● a deep-bodied edible fish of temperate and tropical seas (family Stromateidae ), in particular Peprilus triacanthus of eastern North America. ● another term for gunnel 1 . ● an Australasian reef fish (family Odacidae ), in particular the edible Odax pullus of New Zealand, which has green bones and feeds on kelp. ● a tropical freshwater or marine fish that is popular in aquaria (several families, including Scatophagidae ).

 

butterfly

butter |fly |ˈbʌtəflʌɪ | ▶noun ( pl. butterflies ) 1 a nectar-feeding insect with two pairs of large, typically brightly coloured wings that are covered with microscopic scales. Butterflies are distinguished from moths by having clubbed or dilated antennae, holding their wings erect when at rest, and being active by day. ●Superfamilies Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea, order Lepidoptera: several families. Formerly placed in a grouping known as the Rhopalocera. • [ as modifier ] having a two-lobed shape resembling the spread wings of a butterfly: a butterfly clip. • a showy or frivolous person: a social butterfly. • (butterflies ) informal a fluttering and nauseous sensation felt in the stomach when one is nervous. 2 a stroke in swimming in which both arms are raised out of the water and lifted forwards together. ▶verb ( butterflies, butterflying, butterflied ) [ with obj. ] split (a piece of meat or fish ) almost in two and spread it out flat: (as adj. butterflied ) : butterflied shrimp. ORIGIN Old English, from butter + fly 2; perhaps from the cream or yellow colour of common species, or from an old belief that the insects stole butter.

 

butterfly bush

butter |fly bush ▶noun a Chinese buddleia that is cultivated in the West for its large spikes of fragrant purplish-lilac or white flowers, which are highly attractive to butterflies. ●Buddleia davidii, family Loganiaceae.

 

butterfly cake

butter |fly cake ▶noun Brit. a small sponge cake with its top cut off and divided into two pieces, which are then fixed to the cake with buttercream at an angle to resemble a butterfly's wings.

 

butterfly effect

butter |fly ef ¦fect ▶noun (with reference to chaos theory ) the phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere. ORIGIN 1980s: from the notion in chaos theory that a butterfly fluttering in Rio de Janeiro could change the weather in Chicago.

 

butterfly fish

butter |fly fish ▶noun 1 any of a number of brightly coloured or boldly marked fish of warm waters, in particular: ● a reef-dwelling fish that is popular in marine aquaria (Chaetodon and other genera, family Chaetodontidae ). ● a predatory marine fish that bears long venomous spines (genus Pterois, family Scorpaenidae ). 2 a West African freshwater fish with large pectoral fins used in leaping out of the water and long fin rays used as stilts. ●Pantodon buchholzi, the only member of the family Pantodontidae.

 

butterfly knife

butter |fly knife ▶noun a long, broad knife used in pairs in some forms of kung fu.

 

butterfly net

butter |fly net ▶noun a fine-meshed bag supported on a frame at the end of a handle, used for catching butterflies.

 

butterfly nut

butter |fly nut ▶noun another term for wing nut ( sense 1 ).

 

butterfly orchid

butter |fly or ¦chid ▶noun a wild orchid with a flower that somewhat resembles a butterfly in shape, found in both Eurasia and North America. ●Genus Platanthera, family Orchidaceae: many species, including two widely distributed European species with fragrant greenish-white flowers, P. chlorantha and the smaller P. bifolia.

 

butterfly ray

butter |fly ray ▶noun a small ray of warm coastal waters with very broad triangular fins. ●Family Gymnuridae and genus Gymnura: several species, including G. natalensis.

 

butterfly valve

butter |fly valve ▶noun a valve consisting of a rotating circular plate or a pair of hinged semicircular plates, attached to a transverse spindle and mounted inside a pipe in order to regulate or prevent flow.

 

butterfly weed

butter |fly weed ▶noun [ mass noun ] a North American milkweed with bright orange flowers which are attractive to butterflies. ●Asclepias tuberosa, family Asclepiadaceae.

 

butterhead lettuce

butter |head let |tuce ▶noun a class of lettuce varieties having soft leaves that grow in a loose head and are said to have the flavour of butter.

 

butter icing

but ¦ter icing ▶noun another term for buttercream.

 

butter knife

but ¦ter knife ▶noun a knife whose blade has a blunt, rounded end, used for spreading butter.

 

buttermilk

butter |milk |ˈbʌtəmɪlk | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the slightly sour liquid left after butter has been churned, used in baking or consumed as a drink. • a pale yellow colour like that of buttermilk.

 

butter muslin

but ¦ter mus ¦lin ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. loosely woven cotton cloth, formerly used for wrapping butter.

 

butternut

butter |nut |ˈbʌtənʌt | ▶noun a North American walnut tree which is cultivated as an ornamental and also for its quality timber. ●Juglans cinerea, family Juglandaceae. • the edible oily nut of the butternut.

 

butternut squash

butter |nut squash ▶noun a popular winter squash of a pear-shaped variety with light yellowish-brown rind and orange flesh.

 

butterscotch

butter |scotch |ˈbʌtəskɒtʃ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a brittle yellow-brown sweet made with butter and brown sugar. • a sauce or syrup flavoured with butterscotch.

 

butter tart

but ter tart |ˈbədər tɑːrt | ▶noun Canadian a tart with a filling of butter, eggs, brown sugar, and, typically, raisins.

 

butterweed

but ter weed |ˈbətərˌwēd ˈbətərwid | ▶noun a yellow-flowered plant of the daisy family, closely related to ragwort. [Genus Senecio, family Compositae: several species, including the common butterweed (S. vulgaris ) of the Pacific states and Bolander's butterweed (S. bolanderi ), found esp. along the Pacific coast of North America. ]

 

butterwort

butterwort |ˈbʌtəwəːt | ▶noun a carnivorous bog plant which has violet flowers borne above a rosette of greasy yellowish-green leaves that trap and digest small insects, found in both Eurasia and North America. ●Genus Pinguicula, family Lentibulariaceae: several species, in particular the common butterwort (P. vulgaris ). ORIGIN late 16th cent.: named from the plant's supposed ability to keep cows in milk, and so maintain the supply of butter.

 

buttery

buttery 1 |ˈbʌt (ə )ri | ▶adjective containing or tasting like butter: layers of flaky buttery pastry. • covered with butter: buttery fingers. DERIVATIVES butteriness noun

 

buttery

buttery 2 |ˈbʌt (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. butteries ) Brit. a room in a college where food is kept and sold to students. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French boterie ‘butt store ’, from Old French bot (see butt 4 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

butter

butter verb PHRASES butter someone up informal there she goes, buttering up the boss again: flatter, sweet-talk, curry favor with, court, wheedle, cajole, persuade, coax, compliment, get around, prevail on; be obsequious toward, be sycophantic toward, toady to, fawn on, make up to, play up to, ingratiate oneself with, suck up to, be all over, soft-soap.

 

butterflies

butterflies plural noun I had butterflies as I waited: nerves, anxiety, the jitters. WORD LINKS lepidopterist a person who studies or collects butterflies and moths Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

butter

butter verb PHRASES butter someone up informal she was good at buttering up advertisers: be obsequious towards, grovel to, be servile towards, be sycophantic towards, kowtow to, abase oneself to, demean oneself to, bow and scrape to, prostrate oneself to, toady to, truckle to, dance attendance on, fawn on, make up to, play up to, ingratiate oneself with, rub up the right way, curry favour with; wheedle, flatter, court, persuade, blarney, coax, talk into, get round, prevail on; informal suck up to, crawl to, creep to, be all over, lick someone's boots, fall all over, keep someone sweet, sweet-talk, soft-soap; N. Amer. brown-nose; vulgar slang lick /kiss someone's arse; archaic blandish.

 

butterfly

butterfly noun WORD LINKS butterfly lepidopteran relating to butterflies Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Duden Dictionary

Butter

But ter Substantiv, feminin , die |B u tter |die Butter; Genitiv: der Butter mittelhochdeutsch buter, althochdeutsch butera, über das Vulgärlateinische < lateinisch butyrum < griechisch boútyron, zu: boũs = Kuh, Rind und eigentlich = Quark aus Kuhmilch aus Milch gewonnenes Fett (das besonders als Brotaufstrich verwendet wird ) ein Stück Butter | die Butter ist ranzig | Butter aufs Brot streichen | etwas in Butter braten | Blumenkohl mit brauner Butter | die Vorräte schmolzen dahin wie Butter an der Sonne (wurden äußerst schnell aufgebraucht )sich < Dativ > nicht die Butter vom Brot nehmen lassen umgangssprachlich sich nichts gefallen lassen, sich nicht benachteiligen lassen jemandem nicht die Butter auf dem Brot gönnen umgangssprachlich jemandem gegenüber missgünstig sein Butter auf dem Kopf haben süddeutsch, österreichisch umgangssprachlich ein schlechtes Gewissen haben nach dem Sprichwort »wer Butter auf dem Kopf hat, soll nicht in die Sonne gehen «; die Butter wurde früher von den Bauersfrauen in einem Korb auf dem Kopf zum Markt getragen es ist alles in [bester ] Butter salopp es ist alles in Ordnung wohl eigentlich = in guter Butter, nicht in billigem Fett gebraten Butter bei die Fische! landschaftlich die Angelegenheit muss jetzt richtig geklärt, es darf nichts zurückgehalten werden

 

Butterberg

But ter berg Substantiv, maskulin , der |B u tterberg |Plural selten

 

Butterbirne

But ter bir ne Substantiv, feminin , die |B u tterbirne |Birne mit besonders weichem Fruchtfleisch

 

Butterblume

But ter blu me Substantiv, feminin , die |B u tterblume |gelb blühende Wiesenblume z. B. Hahnenfuß, Löwenzahn, Sumpfdotterblume

 

Butterbrot

But ter brot Substantiv, Neutrum , das |B u tterbrot |mit Butter bestrichene Scheibe Brot für ein Butterbrot arbeiten umgangssprachlich gegen sehr geringe Bezahlung arbeiten etwas für /um ein Butterbrot bekommen, [ver ]kaufen umgangssprachlich etwas sehr billig bekommen, [ver ]kaufen jemandem etwas aufs Butterbrot schmieren /streichen salopp jemandem etwas für ihn Ärgerliches o. Ä. erneut deutlich zu verstehen geben; jemandem etwas Zurückliegendes wieder vorwerfen

 

Butterbrotpapier

But ter brot pa pier Substantiv, Neutrum , das |B u tterbrotpapier |fettundurchlässiges Einwickelpapier, besonders für Frühstücksbrote u. Ä.

 

Buttercreme

But ter creme , But ter crème Substantiv, feminin , die Buttercrème |B u ttercreme B u ttercrème |Creme aus Butter, Milch und [Puder ]zucker (als Tortenfüllung )

 

Buttercremetorte

But ter creme tor te , But ter crème tor te Substantiv, feminin , die Buttercrèmetorte |B u ttercremetorte B u ttercrèmetorte |

 

Butterdose

But ter do se Substantiv, feminin , die |B u tterdose |runder oder rechteckiger Behälter mit Deckel zum Aufbewahren von Butter

 

Butterfahrt

But ter fahrt Substantiv, feminin umgangssprachlich , die |B u tterfahrt |a Schiffsfahrt [aufs offene Meer ], bei der die Möglichkeit geboten wird, billig [zollfrei ] einzukaufen b Kaffeefahrt b

 

Butterfass

But ter fass Substantiv, Neutrum , das |B u tterfass |1 Fass zur Aufbewahrung und zum Transportieren von Butter 2 früher Gefäß, in dem Butter von Hand hergestellt wird

 

Butterfly

But ter fly Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈbatɐfla͜i |der Butterfly; Genitiv: des Butterfly [s ], Plural: die Butterflys englisch butterfly, eigentlich = Schmetterling (nach den ähnlichen Bewegungen )1 Eiskunstlauf bestimmter Spreizsprung 2 ohne Plural Schwimmen Butterflystil 3 Turnen Schmetterling 2

 

Butterflymesser

But ter fly mes ser Substantiv, Neutrum , das zu englisch butterfly (Butterfly ), nach dem Vergleich der beiden Hälften des Hefts mit Schmetterlingsflügeln stilettartiges Messer, dessen Heft 2 aus zwei Teilen besteht, die sich als Schutz 2 um die Klinge klappen lassen

 

Butterflystil

But ter fly stil Substantiv, maskulin Schwimmen , der ohne Plural Schwimmstil, bei dem die Arme gleichzeitig über dem Wasser nach vorn geworfen und unter Wasser nach hinten geführt und die Beine gleichzeitig auf und ab bewegt werden; Delfinstil; Schmetterlingsstil

 

Buttergebäck

But ter ge bäck Substantiv, Neutrum , das |B u ttergebäck |mit Butter zubereitetes [ausgestochenes ] Kleingebäck

 

buttergelb

but ter gelb Adjektiv |b u tterg e lb |gelb wie Butter

 

butterig

but te rig , butt rig Adjektiv buttrig |b u tterig b u ttrig |viel Butter enthaltend; sehr nach Butter schmeckend der Teig ist butterig

 

Butterkäse

But ter kä se Substantiv, maskulin , der |B u tterkäse |butterähnlich weicher, milder Vollfett- oder Rahmkäse

 

Butterkeks

But ter keks Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, Neutrum , der oder das |B u tterkeks |mit Butter zubereiteter Keks

 

Butterkuchen

But ter ku chen Substantiv, maskulin , der |B u tterkuchen |Kuchen aus Hefeteig, der vor dem Backen mit Butterstückchen und Zucker bestreut wird

 

Buttermilch

But ter milch Substantiv, feminin , die |B u ttermilch |nur noch wenig Fett enthaltende Milch, die beim Buttern 1 als Rückstand übrig bleibt

 

buttern

but tern schwaches Verb |b u ttern |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « 1 Butter herstellen 2 a Kochkunst mit Butter bestreichen eine Scheibe Toast buttern b Kochkunst ausfetten die Kuchenform buttern 3 umgangssprachlich (viel Geld ) in etwas hineinstecken, für etwas verwenden [ohne dass es sich auszahlt ] er hat sein ganzes Vermögen in das Unternehmen gebuttert

 

Butterpilz

But ter pilz Substantiv, maskulin , der |B u tterpilz |essbarer Röhrenpilz mit gelbem bis schokoladenbraunem Hut und zitronengelber Unterseite

 

Buttersäure

But ter säu re Substantiv, feminin , die Fettsäure mit unangenehmem, ranzigem Geruch

 

Butterschmalz

But ter schmalz Substantiv, Neutrum , das |B u tterschmalz |aus dem Fett der Butter bestehendes gelbes, haltbares Speisefett

 

Butterseite

But ter sei te Substantiv, feminin , die |B u tterseite |1 mit Butter bestrichene Seite einer Brotscheibe 2 umgangssprachlich vorteilhaftere Seite von etwas auf die Butterseite fallen umgangssprachlich Glück haben

 

Butterstulle

But ter stul le Substantiv, feminin landschaftlich , die |B u tterstulle |

 

butterweich

but ter weich Adjektiv |b u tterw ei ch |a sehr weich, so weich wie Butter die Birnen sind butterweich b keine Festigkeit in seiner Haltung, seinem Auftreten o. Ä. zeigend butterweiche Abmachungen c Sportjargon (vom Zuspiel ) gefühlvoll, ohne Wucht sein Pass kam butterweich in den freien Raum

 

Butterwoche

But ter wo che Substantiv, feminin , die |B u tterwoche |russisches Fest am Ende des Winters

 

butterzart

but ter zart Adjektiv |b u tterz a rt |zart und weich wie Butter ein butterzartes Steak

 

French Dictionary

butter

butter v. tr. verbe transitif horticulture Garnir de terre le pied d ’une plante. aimer Note Orthographique bu tt er.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

butter

but ter /bʌ́tə r /〖語源は 「牛のチーズ 」〗名詞 U 1 バター ▸ a pat of butter バターの小さなかたまり ▸ unsalted butter 無塩バター ▸ spread bread with butter ≒spread butter on bread パンにバターを塗る ▸ Melt the butter in a pan over medium heat .｟レシピ ｠中火のなべでバターを溶かします ▸ Would you like some butter for your toast? トーストにバターをおつけしますか .2 〖複合語で 〗(バターのように )パンに塗るもの ▸ apple butter リンゴジャム ▸ peanut butter ピーナッツバター 3 おべっか, へつらい (flattery )▸ spread the butter thick ≒lay on the butter おべっかを使う A look like [as if ] b ù tter wouldn't m è lt in A's m ó uth A 〈人 〉は虫も殺さぬような顔をしている, 猫をかぶっている .動詞 他動詞 〈パン トーストなど 〉にバターを塗る ; …をバターで味付けする ▸ buttered biscuits バター風味のビスケット b ù tter A ú p [ú p A ]｟英 くだけて ｠A 〈人 〉におべっかを言う .～́ b è an 〖通例 ～s 〗インゲンマメ (wax bean ); ライマメ (lima bean ).～́ comp à rtment (冷蔵庫内の )バターやチーズなどを収納する場所 .～́ d ì sh バター皿, バター入れ .～́ kn ì fe バターナイフ .～́ pl à te (卓上用の )バター皿 .

 

butterball

b ú tter b à ll 名詞 C 1 ｟米 くだけて ｠太った人 ; (特に )太った子供 .2 (ボール状の )バター .3 ｟米 ｠〘鳥 〙ヒメハジロ .

 

buttercream

b ú tter cr è am 名詞 U バタークリーム 〘ケーキなどに用いる 〙.

 

buttercup

b ú tter c ù p 名詞 C 〘植 〙キンポウゲ 〘黄色い花が咲く 〙.

 

butterfat

b ú tter f à t 名詞 U 乳脂肪 .

 

butterfingers

b ú tter f ì ngers 名詞 複 ～C ｟くだけた話 ｠〖単数扱い; しばしば呼びかけで 〗物をよく落とす人 ; 不器用な人 .

 

butterfly

but ter fly /bʌ́tə r flàɪ /〖butterのような色をしたfly (飛ぶ虫 )〗名詞 複 -flies /-z /1 C チョウ .2 〖the ～〗〘水泳 〙バタフライ (butterfly stroke )(→swimming 関連 )▸ do the butterfly バタフライで泳ぐ 3 C 移り気な人 ; 浮気者 ▸ a social butterfly (パーティ好きの )社交家 br è ak a b ú tterfly on a wh é el ｟英 ｠(必要以上に )厳しい措置を取る .h à ve [g è t, f è el ] b ú tterflies (in one's st ó mach )｟くだけて ｠(緊張 心配などで )どきどきする, 落ち着かない .～́ n ù t 蝶ナット .

 

buttermilk

b ú tter m ì lk 名詞 U 脱脂乳, バターミルク .

 

butternut

b ú tter n ù t 名詞 C 〘植 〙バターナッツ 〘クルミの一種 〙.

 

butterscotch

b ú tter sc ò tch 名詞 U バタースカッチ 〘バターとブラウンシュガーで作るあめ 〙.

 

buttery

but ter y 1 /bʌ́t (ə )ri /形容詞 1 バターのような ; バターを塗った [の入った ].2 ｟くだけて ｠お世辞たらたらの .

 

buttery

but ter y 2 名詞 複 -ies C 食料貯蔵室 ; ｟英 ｠(大学で学生に売るための )食料品販売室 .