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butterspoon

butterspoon noun: a spoon used for butter.

Noun

butterspoon (plural butterspoons)

  1. A spoon used for butter.
    • Season with cayenne pepper, salt, and mould it with ordinary butterspoons.1917, Mrs. Fred. B. Aronson, Twentieth-century Cookery Practice (page 215)

Forms of butterspoon

pluralbutterspoons

Origin of butterspoon

From butter + spoon.

Words formed from butterspoon

Phrases with butterspoon

Questions about butterspoon

What does butterspoon mean?
Butterspoon means a spoon used for butter.
What part of speech is butterspoon?
Butterspoon is a noun.
What is the plural of butterspoon?
The plural of butterspoon is butterspoons.

Words near butterspoon in the dictionary

  1. butterscotched
  2. butterscotches
  3. butterscotchlike
  4. butterscotchy
  5. Butterses
  6. butterspoon
  7. butterspoon tree
  8. butterspoon trees
  9. butterspoons
  10. Butterton
  11. butterweed

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