Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
butting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of But, of Butt, An abuttal; a boundary. |
butcher |
noun |
One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food., A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle., To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs., To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner. |
butment |
noun |
A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier., The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported. |
buttery |
adjective |
Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter., An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept., A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and refreshments are kept for sale to the students., A cellar in which butts of wine are kept. |
buttock |
noun |
The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump., The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern. |
buttons |
noun |
A boy servant, or page, — in allusion to the buttons on his livery. |
buttony |
adjective |
Ornamented with a large number of buttons. |
butyric |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or derived from, butter. |
butyrin |
noun |
A butyrate of glycerin; a fat contained in small quantity in milk, which helps to give to butter its peculiar flavor. |