butter dish
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butter dish
noun butter dishes
- A specialized dish for serving butter, typically consisting of a base with a separate fitting lid with its own handle. 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
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noun specialised dish in which butter is served
| Español | mantequera |
|---|---|
| Português | manteigueira |
| Français | beurrier |
| Deutsch | Butterdose |
| Italiano | portaburro, burriera |
| Română | untieră |
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@misc{butter_dish_2026,
title = {butter dish},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/butter%20dish},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
