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butterlike

butterlike adjective: resembling butter or some aspect of it.

Adjective

butterlike (comparative more butterlike, superlative most butterlike)

  1. Resembling butter or some aspect of it.

Synonyms of butterlike

Forms of butterlike

comparativemore butterlike
superlativemost butterlike

Origin of butterlike

From butter + -like.

Questions about butterlike

What does butterlike mean?
Butterlike means resembling butter or some aspect of it.
What part of speech is butterlike?
Butterlike is an adjective.

Words near butterlike in the dictionary

  1. Butterknowle
  2. butterleaf
  3. butterless
  4. butterlessness
  5. Butterley
  6. butterlike
  7. buttermaker
  8. buttermakers
  9. buttermaking
  10. butterman
  11. buttermen

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