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peanut butter

UK/ˌpiːnʌtˈbʌ.tə//ˈpi.nʌtˌbʌ.tɚ/

peanut butter noun: a spread made from ground peanuts.

peanut butter: a spread made from ground peanuts
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Noun

peanut butter (countable and uncountable, plural peanut butters)

  1. A spread made from ground peanuts.
    • She likes eating peanut butter on toast.
    • So far as we can determine, peanut butter has no effect on the rotation of the earth.2003, George August, Ph.D. with Anita Balliro, Ph.D. et al., “The Effects of Peanut Butter on the Rotation of the Earth”, in Annals of Improbable Research, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...
    Synonyms:
    peanut paste, PB

Verb

peanut butter (third-person singular simple present peanut butters, present participle peanut buttering, simple past and past participle peanut buttered)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, transitive) To spread resources too thin.

peanut butter meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Arabic and Malay

peanut butter in Tamil

spread made from ground peanuts
வேர்க்கடலை வெண்ணெய் vērkkaṭalai veṇṇey

peanut butter in Tagalog

spread made from ground peanuts
mantekilyang mani

peanut butter in Arabic

spread made from ground peanuts
زُبْدَةْ فُول سُودَانِيّ zubdat fūl sūdāniyy

peanut butter in Malay

spread made from ground peanuts
mentega kacang
More languagesFewer languages
peanut butter in Indonesian
selai kacang
peanut butter in Persian
کرهٔ بادام زمینی kare-ye bâdâm zamini
peanut butter in Thai
เนยถั่วลิสง nəəi-tùua-lí-sǒng, เนยถั่ว nəəi-tùua
peanut butter in Vietnamese
bơ lạc, bơ đậu phộng

Synonyms of peanut butter

Forms of peanut butter

Noun
pluralpeanut butters
Verb
third-person singular presentpeanut butters
present participlepeanut buttering
past participlepeanut buttered
pastpeanut buttered

Words formed from peanut butter

Questions about peanut butter

What does peanut butter mean?
Peanut butter means a spread made from ground peanuts.
What is peanut butter in Tamil?
Peanut butter in Tamil is வேர்க்கடலை வெண்ணெய் (vērkkaṭalai veṇṇey). See Peanut butter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is peanut butter?
Peanut butter can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce peanut butter?
Peanut butter is pronounced /ˌpiːnʌtˈbʌ.tə/ (UK).
What is the plural of peanut butter?
The plural of peanut butter is peanut butters.

Words near peanut butter in the dictionary

  1. peanut ball
  2. peanut balls
  3. peanut brittle
  4. peanut brittles
  5. peanut bunker
  6. peanut butter
  7. peanut butter and jam
  8. peanut butter and jams
  9. peanut butter and jellies
  10. peanut butter and jelly
  11. peanut butter cup

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