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butter bomb

butter bomb noun: a wine in which diacetyl is deliberately promoted in order to impart a buttery flavour.

Noun

butter bomb (plural butter bombs)

  1. (informal) A wine in which diacetyl is deliberately promoted in order to impart a buttery flavour.
    • ...this wine has the structure for another 1-3 years of aging. Classic WA Chardonnay, great with food, but not the typical "butter bomb" from California (thankfully!).1997, Jason Brandt Lewis, “TN: Hyatt Vineyards, WA”, in alt.food.wine (Usenet)
    • ...between $4 and $5 a bottle, you can't go wrong with those big butter-bomb styles.2005, Maureen Christian Petrosky, The Wine Club

Forms of butter bomb

pluralbutter bombs

Questions about butter bomb

What does butter bomb mean?
Butter bomb means a wine in which diacetyl is deliberately promoted in order to impart a buttery flavour.
What part of speech is butter bomb?
Butter bomb is a noun.
What is the plural of butter bomb?
The plural of butter bomb is butter bombs.

Words near butter bomb in the dictionary

  1. butter beans
  2. butter board
  3. butter boards
  4. butter boat
  5. butter boats
  6. butter bomb
  7. butter bombs
  8. butter bread
  9. butter breads
  10. butter brickle
  11. butter cake

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