butter Definition

butter
noun

1. A solid yellowish edible food, made from the fats in milk by churning, and used for spreading on bread, and in cooking.
2. Any of various substances that resemble this food in appearance or texture.

Example: peanut butter
Example: coconut butter

verb

buttered, buttering
1. To put butter on or in something.

Derivative: buttered
adj

Derivative: buttery
adj

Idiom: butter wouldn't melt in his mouth (butter wouldn't melt in her etc mouth)

He or she, etc is utterly innocent, honest or well-behaved (used to imply that the speaker believes or knows that they are not).
Example: She always looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon butere: from Latin butyrum, from Greek boutyron, probably meaning ‘ox-cheese'.

Phrasal Verb: butter someone up

To flatter them, usually in order to gain a favour.