buttery adj

1 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" [syn: fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, unctuous]

2 resembling or containing or spread with butter; "a rich buttery cake"

1 a small storeroom for storing foods or wines [syn: pantry, larder]

2 a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals

English

Adjective

1. Made with or tasting of butter.

   The buttery-tasting cookie was actually made with margarine, but you couldn't tell by tasting it.

2. Resembling butter in some way.

   The old paper was a buttery color you no longer get.

Derived terms

• butteriness

Noun

1. A room for keeping food or beverages.
2. A room in a university where snacks are sold.

Buttery may mean:

• Buttery (bread), a type of Scottish bread roll
• Buttery (shop), an eating-place or food storeroom
• Buttery (adjective), having the qualities, consistency, or appearance of butter