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butteriness

butteriness noun: the state or quality of being buttery.

Noun

butteriness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being buttery.
    • This south-of-the-border burger mixes the guacamole into the hamburger meat for extra-rich butteriness.2010, Jane Murphy, The Great Big Burger Book, page 26

Origin of butteriness

From buttery + -ness.

Questions about butteriness

What does butteriness mean?
Butteriness means the state or quality of being buttery.
What part of speech is butteriness?
Butteriness is a noun.

Words near butteriness in the dictionary

  1. butterier
  2. butteries
  3. butteriest
  4. butterine
  5. butterines
  6. butteriness
  7. buttering
  8. buttering down
  9. buttering one's bread on both sides
  10. buttering out
  11. buttering someone's biscuit

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