Definition of butter

• n. - An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.
• n. - Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao, vegetable butter, shea butter.
• v. t. - To cover or spread with butter.
• v. t. - To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game.
• n. - One who, or that which, butts.
• n. - An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.
• n. - Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao, vegetable butter, shea butter.
• v. t. - To cover or spread with butter.
• v. t. - To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game.
• n. - One who, or that which, butts.