buttery

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈbʌtɚi/ UK /ˈbʌtəri/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adj
tasting of or resembling butter; a storeroom for provisions or liquor

The pastry had a rich, buttery flavor.

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Synonyms

1 adj · tasting of or resembling... creamy rich greasy pantry larder storeroom

Word family

Related forms butter butt

Etymology

The 'buttery-tasting' adjective is from butter + -y. The 'storeroom' noun is unrelated, from Old French boterie ('place for storing bottles or casks'), from botte ('cask, butt').

boterie Old French

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# buttery

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈbʌtɚi/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbʌtəri/

## Meanings
1. tasting of or resembling butter; a storeroom for provisions or liquor

## Examples
- The pastry had a rich, buttery flavor.

## Synonyms
- creamy
- rich
- greasy
- pantry
- larder
- storeroom

## Related Forms
- butter
- butt

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: boterie

## Etymology
The 'buttery-tasting' adjective is from butter + -y. The 'storeroom' noun is unrelated, from Old French boterie ('place for storing bottles or casks'), from botte ('cask, butt').

## AI Etymology
Buttery is traced as follows: The 'buttery-tasting' adjective is from butter + -y. The 'storeroom' noun is unrelated, from Old French boterie ('place for storing bottles or casks'), from botte ('cask, butt'). The historical trail runs through boterie in Old French. Morphologically, buttery is transparent: the 'buttery-tasting' adjective is from butter + -y. Used as an adjective and noun, buttery now means "tasting of or resembling butter; a storeroom for provisions or liquor", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as butter and butt. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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