Buttery

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈbÊŒtəɹi/

From Old French boterie, from Late Latin botāria, from a variant form of butta ("cask, bottle"). The form was probably influenced by butter.

Full definition of buttery

Noun

1. A room for keeping food or beverages; a storeroom.
• 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 458:Pretty Pia from the buttery was a slut who was working her way through every knight in the castle.
2. (UK) A room in a university where snacks are sold.

From butter + -y.

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