The "Butler's" room off the Great Hall Wine cellar, serving room, silverware, etc See also Pantry (I'm not sure how the allocation of functions between the buttery and the pantry were differentiated -- in Norman French/English buttery means 'bottle room' and pantry means 'bread room')
Indicates the smell of melted butter or toasty oak Also a reference to texture, as in "a rich, buttery Chardonnay " Often imparted by ML - that is, MALOLACTIC or secondary fermentation
A relatively high level of oily material suspended in the coffee beverage The result of substantial amounts of fat present in the beans Most often a characteristic of high coffee-to-water ratio brews
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
The smell, and occasionally the flavor, of butter in wine Sometimes used to describe the heavy glycerin feeling of melted butter in wine or to describe the color that wines sometimes achieve
Descriptor for rich flavor and smoothness of texture, somewhat akin to the oiliness and flavor of butter More often refers to oak-aged white wines than reds; many Chardonnays and white Burgundies are said to have buttery aromas and flavors
a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals resembling or containing or spread with butter; "a rich buttery cake" 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