English - English
Definition of butteries in English English dictionary
- plural of buttery
- buttery
- {n} the place where provisions are kept
- buttery
- {a} smeared with or like butter, oily
- buttery
- Associated with some white wines, notably California Chardonnays It refers to both flavor and texture or "mouthfeel "
- buttery
- a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals resembling or containing or spread with butter; "a rich buttery cake"
- buttery
- a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals
- buttery
- Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter
- buttery
- An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept
- buttery
- Indicates the smell of melted butter or toasty oak Also a reference to texture, as in "a rich, buttery Chardonnay "
- buttery
- A room for keeping food or beverages
- buttery
- A room in a university where snacks are sold
- buttery
- 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')
- buttery
- 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
- buttery
- Resembling butter in some way
- buttery
- Made with or tasting of butter
- buttery
- a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
- buttery
- Buttery food contains butter or is covered with butter. buttery new potatoes. the buttery taste of the pastry
- buttery
- Describes taste sensation found in better white wines, particularly Chardonnay
- buttery
- 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
- buttery
- resembling or containing or spread with butter; "a rich buttery cake"
- buttery
- A rich and oily flavor
- 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
- buttery
- Next to the kitchen, a room from where wine was dispensed
- buttery
- {i} pantry
- buttery
- 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
- buttery
- 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
- buttery
- Describes a desirable aroma detectable in quality wines, especially if they have been made using the malolactic fermentation method
- buttery
- A cellar in which butts of wine are kept
- buttery
- 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
- buttery
- A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and refreshments are kept for sale to the students
- buttery
- Next to the kitchen, a room from where wine was dispensed; Room for the service of beverages