butter

🇺🇸 /ˈbʌtər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈbʌtə(r)/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-A1
noun
A1

A soft yellow food made from cream. You can cook with it or spread it on bread.

I put butter on my toast, but sometimes I use jam instead.

verb
R

To spread butter on something.

She will butter the bread, but she might forget to add salt.

translation

n. A soft yellow food made from cream. You can cook with it or spread it on bread.
v. To spread butter on something.

Word Forms

3rd Present butters
Progressive buttering
Past buttered
Perfect buttered
Plural butters