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butter bombs

butter bombs is the plural of butter bomb.

Meaning of butter bomb

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)

Questions about butter bombs

What is butter bombs the plural of?
Butter bombs is the plural of butter bomb.

Words near butter bombs in the dictionary

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

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