butter
Butter is a solid dairy product produced by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk to separate the fat from the liquid. It is widely used as a spread, a cooking medium, and a key ingredient in baking due to its high fat content and rich flavor profile.
Beispiele
3 von 5Would you like some butter on your toast this morning?
Would you like some butter on your toast this morning?
The recipe specifies that the butter must be at room temperature to ensure proper aeration during the creaming process.
The recipe specifies that the butter must be at room temperature to ensure proper aeration during the creaming process.
I'm just going to slap some butter on this bread and call it a meal.
I'm just going to slap some butter on this bread and call it a meal.
Wortfamilie
Merkhilfe
Remember that 'butter' makes things 'better'—just change the 'u' to an 'e'!
Schnelles Quiz
The chef prepared a rich, _______ sauce that complemented the lobster perfectly.
Richtig!
Die richtige Antwort ist: buttery
Beispiele
Would you like some butter on your toast this morning?
everydayWould you like some butter on your toast this morning?
The recipe specifies that the butter must be at room temperature to ensure proper aeration during the creaming process.
formalThe recipe specifies that the butter must be at room temperature to ensure proper aeration during the creaming process.
I'm just going to slap some butter on this bread and call it a meal.
informalI'm just going to slap some butter on this bread and call it a meal.
In food science, butter is classified as a water-in-oil emulsion, resulting from the inversion of the cream emulsion.
academicIn food science, butter is classified as a water-in-oil emulsion, resulting from the inversion of the cream emulsion.
The retail division is the company's bread and butter, providing the necessary cash flow for research and development.
businessThe retail division is the company's bread and butter, providing the necessary cash flow for research and development.
Wortfamilie
Häufige Kollokationen
Häufige Phrasen
butter someone up
to be very nice to someone so they will do what you want
bread and butter
a person's livelihood or main source of income
look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth
to look very innocent although you may have done something wrong
Wird oft verwechselt mit
Batter is a liquid mixture of flour, eggs, and milk used in cooking, while butter is a solid dairy fat.
Better is the comparative form of 'good'; it sounds similar to 'butter' in some dialects but has a different vowel sound.
Nutzungshinweise
As a noun, butter is typically uncountable. However, as a verb, 'to butter' means to spread butter on something or, metaphorically, to flatter someone.
Häufige Fehler
Learners often say 'a butter' when they should use a quantifier like 'a piece of butter,' 'a stick of butter,' or 'a pat of butter.'
Merkhilfe
Remember that 'butter' makes things 'better'—just change the 'u' to an 'e'!
Wortherkunft
From Old English 'butere', which comes from the Greek 'boutyron', literally meaning 'cow-cheese'.
Grammatikmuster
Kultureller Kontext
In Western history, butter was a symbol of wealth and rural health; the phrase 'guns or butter' is still used in economics to describe the choice between military spending and social goods.
Schnelles Quiz
The chef prepared a rich, _______ sauce that complemented the lobster perfectly.
Richtig!
Die richtige Antwort ist: buttery
Verwandtes Vokabular
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