ALL meanings of buttering
but·ter
B b - noun buttering the fatty portion of milk, separating as a soft whitish or yellowish solid when milk or cream is agitated or churned. 1
- noun buttering this substance, processed for cooking and table use. 1
- noun buttering any of various other soft spreads for bread: apple butter; peanut butter. 1
- noun buttering any of various substances of butterlike consistency, as various metallic chlorides, and certain vegetable oils solid at ordinary temperatures. 1
- verb with object buttering to put butter on or in; spread or grease with butter. 1
- verb with object buttering to apply a liquefied bonding material to (a piece or area), as mortar to a course of bricks. 1
- verb with object buttering Metalworking. to cover (edges to be welded together) with a preliminary surface of the weld metal. 1
- noun buttering The application of butter to something. 0
- verb buttering present participle of butter. 0