buttery

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
• Syn:
pantry, larder
• Hypernyms:
storeroom, storage room, stowage
• Hyponyms:
stillroom, still room
2. a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals
• Hypernyms:
teashop, teahouse, tearoom, tea parlor, tea parlour

II - adjective

1. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
- buttery praise
- gave him a fulsome introduction
- an oily sycophantic press agent
- oleaginous hypocrisy
- smarmy self-importance
- the unctuous Uriah Heep
- soapy compliments
• Syn:
fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous
• Similar to:
insincere
• Derivationally related forms:
unctuousness (for: unctuous), smarm (for: smarmy), smarminess (for: smarmy), oleaginousness (for: oleaginous), oiliness (for: oily), fulsomeness (for: fulsome)
2. resembling or containing or spread with butter
- a rich buttery cake
• Similar to:
fatty, fat
• Derivationally related forms:
butter

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous, pantry, larder