Used in a Sentence

buttered

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for buttered.

Editorial note

Fried spam, scrambled eggs on a toasted and buttered english muffin with a bit of Sriracha on the top.

Examples14
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(cooking) Spread with butter.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of buttered gathered in one view.

adjective

(cooking) Spread with butter.

adjective

(skiing, snowboarding) Of a turn, achieved by the buttering action.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for buttered.

adjective

(cooking) Spread with butter.

adjective

(skiing, snowboarding) Of a turn, achieved by the buttering action.

Example sentences

1

Fried spam, scrambled eggs on a toasted and buttered english muffin with a bit of Sriracha on the top.

2

MS knows what side their bread is buttered on and let me give you a hint, it's not the consumer side.

3

You really can't say this, and even a heavily buttered-up (that is, coated in bullshit) version isn't likely to pass muster.

4

They rely on both to be successful, but their bread gets buttered by someone else.

5

I spent some time working in the bike trade as a kid and my bread was buttered with new bike sales.

6

I just made one serving (two slices of buttered bread sandwiched with one layer of chocolate sprinkles) and the sprinkles weigh about 23g.

7

Somebody's been drinking a little too much buttered coffee.

8

If lot of other things (how about General Relativity?) were written like this in terms of code, I would eat it up like buttered bread.

9

I drink coffee and eat buttered toast and can see the oiliness floating around just from the tiny amount of butter that gets into the coffee.

10

The desktop guys talked a big game regarding the future, but knew their bread was buttered by hardware and software sales and this whole dial-up thing wasn't profitable for them.

11

I'm wondering whose bread is getting buttered here?

12

If you butter the bread and then pour the chocolate sprinkles on, then try buttering the bread, pouring the sprinkles onto a plate, and mopping up the sprinkles with your buttered bread.

Quote examples

1

Also, of course iTunes isn't greased lightning & a buttered dream on OSX, it's just "less awful", or so I hear.

2

It means basically "buttered bread" ("smör" is literally "butter") although it's an old word.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use buttered in a sentence?

Fried spam, scrambled eggs on a toasted and buttered english muffin with a bit of Sriracha on the top.

What does buttered mean?

(cooking) Spread with butter.

What part of speech is buttered?

buttered is commonly used as adjective.