| a. | 1. | Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter. | |||
| n. | 1. | An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept. | |||
| 2. | A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and refreshments are kept for sale to the students. | ||||
| 3. | A cellar in which butts of wine are kept.
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| Noun | 1. | buttery - a small storeroom for storing foods or wines |
| 2. | buttery - a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals | |
| Adj. | 1. | buttery - 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" |
| 2. | buttery - resembling or containing or spread with butter; "a rich buttery cake" |
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