English words starting with b - page 326

Meanings of Butters:

noun

A pale yellow edible fatty substance made by churning cream and used as a spread or in cooking.

Usage examples:

They are served hot or cold spread with butter or margarine and sometimes jelly jam and cream.

verb

Spread (something) with butter.

Usage examples:

Lily buttered a slice of toast

Meanings of Butterscotch:

noun

A brittle yellow-brown sweet made with butter and brown sugar.

Usage examples:

It tasted tangy and strangely sweet, like butterscotch, and caused my normally reserved mother to w…

Meanings of Butterwort:

noun

A carnivorous bog plant which has violet flowers borne above a rosette of greasy yellowish-green leaves that trap and digest small insects, found in both eurasia and north america.

Usage examples:

Skylarks sang over the wetlands, carnivorous butterworts were in violet flower and cotton grass flu…

Meanings of Buttery:

adjective

Containing or tasting like butter.

Usage examples:

Layers of flaky buttery pastry

noun

A room in a college where food is kept and sold to students.

Usage examples:

The college buttery staff have told students that each silver tankard is worth £15,000.

Meanings of Butties:

noun

A filled or open sandwich.

Usage examples:

A bacon butty

Meanings of Butting:

verb

(of a person or animal) hit (someone or something) with the head or horns.

Usage examples:

She butted him in the chest

noun

A push or blow, especially one given with the head.

Usage examples:

The characters can fight hand to hand using punches, kicks, nudges, butts, combos…

Meanings of Butting-in:

phrasal verb

To interrupt

Usage examples:

Sorry to butt in on you like this, but there’s an important call.

Meanings of Buttinskies:

noun

An interfering person.

Usage examples:

Esther is also a self-absorbed buttinsky, the kind that manages to ruin just about every family gat…

Meanings of Buttinsky:

noun

An interfering person.

Usage examples:

Esther is also a self-absorbed buttinsky, the kind that manages to ruin just about every family gat…

Meanings of Buttled:

verb

Work as a butler.

Usage examples:

There is no one today worth buttling for

Meanings of Buttling:

verb

Work as a butler.

Usage examples:

There is no one today worth buttling for

Meanings of Buttock:

noun

Either of the two round fleshy parts of the human body that form the bottom.

Usage examples:

This time i manage to land with my entire body weight centered on my right buttock.

Meanings of Buttocked:

adjective

Of a person or animal: having buttocks of a specified kind. chiefly with modifying word.

Meanings of Buttocker:

noun

A miner who works at the buttock.

Meanings of Buttocks:

noun

Either of the two round fleshy parts of the human body that form the bottom.

Usage examples:

This time i manage to land with my entire body weight centered on my right buttock.

Meanings of Button:

noun

A small disc or knob sewn on to a garment, either to fasten it by being pushed through a slit made for the purpose or for decoration.

Usage examples:

At this stage, they'll also check your garments for slits, broken buttons or zippers, and any other…

verb

Fasten (clothing) with buttons.

Usage examples:

I buttoned my shirt and knotted my tie

Meanings of Button up:

phrasal verb

Refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent

adjective

Used to describe a piece of clothing that fastens with a row of buttons up the front

Usage examples:

The server uniform was dark denim jeans, a button-up shirt with any striped pattern, and a pair of …

Meanings of Buttonbush:

noun

A low-growing north american shrub that grows in water, with small tubular flowers forming globular flower heads.

Usage examples:

Native buttonbush and southern wax myrtle put up with poor drainage.

Meanings of Buttoned:

adjective

(of clothing) fastened or decorated by buttons.

Usage examples:

Bow ties and buttoned dress shirts

verb

Fasten (clothing) with buttons.

Usage examples:

I buttoned my shirt and knotted my tie

Meanings of Buttoner:

noun

An implement for fastening buttons; a buttonhook. also occasionally: a person who fastens the buttons of a garment. frequently with modifying word, as "shoe-buttoner", "shirt-buttoner", etc. now somewhat rare.

Meanings of Buttonhole:

noun

A slit made in a garment to receive a button for fastening.

Usage examples:

Details like workmanship, buttons, buttonholes, cuffs, and seams are usually good indicators of the…

verb

Attract the attention of and detain (someone) in conversation, typically against their will.

Usage examples:

Reporters buttonhole officials coming out of the press secretary's office

Meanings of Buttonholed:

verb

Attract the attention of and detain (someone) in conversation, typically against their will.

Usage examples:

Reporters buttonhole officials coming out of the press secretary's office

noun

A slit made in a garment to receive a button for fastening.

Usage examples:

Details like workmanship, buttons, buttonholes, cuffs, and seams are usually good indicators of the…

Meanings of Buttonholer:

noun

An attachment for a sewing machine used to make buttonholes.

Usage examples:

Make a buttonholer from a tongue depressor or craft stick with a loop of string through a hole in o…

Meanings of Buttonholes:

noun

A slit made in a garment to receive a button for fastening.

Usage examples:

Details like workmanship, buttons, buttonholes, cuffs, and seams are usually good indicators of the…

verb

Attract the attention of and detain (someone) in conversation, typically against their will.

Usage examples:

Reporters buttonhole officials coming out of the press secretary's office

Meanings of Buttonholing:

verb

Attract the attention of and detain (someone) in conversation, typically against their will.

Usage examples:

Reporters buttonhole officials coming out of the press secretary's office

noun

A slit made in a garment to receive a button for fastening.

Usage examples:

Details like workmanship, buttons, buttonholes, cuffs, and seams are usually good indicators of the…