butter

noun
but·ter
bŭʹtər

A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).

Other meanings

Any of various foodstuffs made from other foods or oils, similar in consistency to, eaten like or intended as a substitute for butter (preceded by the name of the food used to make it).
Any of various substances made from other (especially plant-based) oils or fats, used in moisturizers, cosmetics, etc.

A kind of

dairy product
solid food

Kinds of butter

stick
drawn butter
brown butter
lemon butter

Example sentences

“I need to buy some butter knives.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“Peanut butter is a meal.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Old English "butere".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “butter” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.