Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peanut butter

/ˈpi.nʌtˌbʌ.tɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables: peanut but-ter
IPA: /ˈpi.nʌtˌbʌ.tɚ/

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A spread made from ground peanuts.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To spread resources too thin.

Informal; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"She likes eating peanut butter on toast."
"So far as we can determine, peanut butter has no effect on the rotation of the earth."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpi.nʌtˌbʌ.tɚ/
British English: /ˌpiːnʌtˈbʌ.tə/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

peanut butters (plural) peanut butters (present, singular) peanut buttering (participle, present) peanut buttered (participle, past) peanut buttered (past)

Derived Forms

PB

Phrases

peanut butter and jelly peanut butter cup peanut-buttered peanut-buttery

Frequently Paired Words

almond butter cashew butter tahini

Synonyms

peanut paste PB

Homonyms

peanutbutter

Questions

How do you pronounce peanut butter?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpi.nʌtˌbʌ.tɚ/.
What does peanut butter mean?: A spread made from ground peanuts.

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