Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

butter dish

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.99 in modern English

Syllables: but-ter dish
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A specialized dish for serving butter, typically consisting of a base with a separate fitting lid with its own handle.

Example Sentences

"ARROW-ROOT PUDDING. From a quart of new milk take a small tea-cupful, and mix it with two large spoonfuls of arrow-root. Boil the remainder of the milk, and stir it amongst the arrow-root; add, when nearly cold, the well-beaten yolks of four eggs, with two ounces of pounded loaf sugar, and the same quantity of fresh butter broken into small bits; season with grated nutmeg. Mix it well together, and bake it in a butter dish fifteen or twenty minutes."

Inflected Forms

butter dishes (plural)

Phrases

butter keeper

Frequently Paired Words

butter keeper

Questions

What does butter dish mean?: A specialized dish for serving butter, typically consisting of a base with a separate fitting lid with its own handle.

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