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Meaning of "butter dish" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BUTTER DISH

butter dish  [ˈbʌtə dɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUTTER DISH

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Butter dish is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BUTTER DISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

butter dish

Butter dish

A butter dish is a specialized dish in which butter is served. It would normally have a base with a separate fitting lid with its own handle. A typical measurement is 8 inches by 5 inches. Butter dishes are commonly made of stainless steel, silver or porcelain. The metal examples tend to have within them a glass base to protect the metal from the corrosive effects of salt within the butter. An alternative to a standard butter dish is a French butter dish, also known as a butter crock.

Definition of butter dish in the English dictionary

The definition of butter dish in the dictionary is a small, dish specially designed to hold butter, as used for example in restaurants.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BUTTER DISH


cavendish
ˈkævəndɪʃ
childish
ˈtʃaɪldɪʃ
dish
dɪʃ
fiendish
ˈfiːndɪʃ
goldish
ˈɡəʊldɪʃ
horseradish
ˈhɔːsˌrædɪʃ
Kaddish
ˈkædɪʃ
Kurdish
ˈkɜːdɪʃ
modish
ˈməʊdɪʃ
oddish
ˈɒdɪʃ
oldish
ˈəʊldɪʃ
outlandish
aʊtˈlændɪʃ
radish
ˈrædɪʃ
reddish
ˈrɛdɪʃ
soapdish
ˈsəʊpdɪʃ
standish
ˈstændɪʃ
Swedish
ˈswiːdɪʃ
Yiddish
ˈjɪdɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUTTER DISH

butter
butter bean
butter cloth
butter cooler
butter icing
butter knife
butter knives
butter muslin
butter of zinc
butter paper
butter tart
butter up
butter-and-eggs
butterball
butterbur
buttercup
butterdock
buttered
butterfat
butterfat cheque

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUTTER DISH

baking dish
brandish
casserole dish
chafing dish
cheese dish
fireproof dish
fruit dish
kiddish
kidney dish
made dish
Petri dish
pie dish
salad dish
satellite dish
serving dish
side dish
the Swedish
tundish
vegetable dish
wildish

Synonyms and antonyms of butter dish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «butter dish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUTTER DISH

Find out the translation of butter dish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of butter dish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «butter dish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

黄油盘
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

plato de la mantequilla
570 millions of speakers

English

butter dish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मक्खन पकवान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طبق الزبد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Масленка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

manteigueira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাখন থালা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

beurrier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hidangan mentega
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Butterdose
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バター皿
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

버터 접시
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Butter dish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

món ăn bơ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெண்ணை உணவுப்பொருள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बटर डिश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tereyağı çanağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

burriera
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

danie masło
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

маслянка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vas pentru unt
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βουτυριέρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

botter gereg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

smör skålen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

smør parabol
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of butter dish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUTTER DISH»

The term «butter dish» is regularly used and occupies the 93.922 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUTTER DISH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about butter dish

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUTTER DISH»

Discover the use of butter dish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to butter dish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Functional Pottery: Form and Aesthetic in Pots of Purpose
CHEESE BELLS For short-term storage, most cheeses are better kept out of the refrigerator, under a domed lid. The usual form of the cheese bell is a dish and dome affair, similar to. but larger than, the second form of butter dish shown in Fig .
Robin Hopper, 2000
2
A Complete Guide to Pressed Glass
LION milk-white or clear covered dish, 7" base, $3.75 each; clear butter dish; celery vase; creamer; eggcup, and goblet. LION HEAD ball lamp shade, milk glass, 10", $4.40 each; matching fount shell, $3.85 each. (Not the FROSTED LION ...
Batty, Bob H.
3
Haunted Objects: Stories of Ghosts on Your Shelf
One morning Heather was making toast for her two children. She put the butter dish, which had been given to her by her grandmother, on the island countertop in her kitchen, and turned her back for a moment to put the bread in the toaster.
Christopher Balzano, Tim Weisberg, 2012
4
Antique Trader Antiques & Collectibles 2010 Price Guide
$5-10 Butter dish, cov., round domed cover, Allerton, England, 8" d. ........................ ............ $100-125 Butter dish, cov., rectangular, for stick, Japan, 7" l. ............. $40- 50 Butter dish, drain & cover, cov., square, Ridgways, England .
Dan Brownell, 2009
5
French Satirical Drawings from "L'Assiette Au Beurre": ...
1 of L'Assiette, accompanying a face- tious history of the butter dish that symbolizes the weaith of nations: ( 1 ) Adam and Eve are expelled from Paradise for tasting God's butter dish; (2) on leaving Egypt, the Hebrews cany the butter dish with ...
Stanley Applebaum, 1978
6
Warman's Carnival Glass: Identification and Price Guide
This new edition includes a new description format, revamped from simple line listings to listings with dimensions, title, color and price range.
Ellen Schroy, 2007
7
Business Etiquette
Bread and butter In a European restaurant, the bread basket and the butter dish are the first items placed on your table. Q As a rule, all breads, bread sticks and butter go on the small bread plate placed on your left side. Q Bread is consumed  ...
Shital Kakkar Mehra, 2012
8
Savory Suppers and Fashionable Feasts: Dining in Victorian ...
Other innovations in butter-dish design had to do with the lid: methods were devised to suspend the lid during service of butter, or otherwise to prevent it from having to be placed on the tablecloth during use. Hinges, hooks, and a popular ...
‎1996
9
Food: A Dictionary of Literal and Nonliteral Terms
MWCD: O.E. The knife in this simile is prob. a butter knife — a short, dull, wide- bladed knife with a short handle that is used to transfer a chunk of butter from a communal butter dish to an individual butter dish — although it could just as well be ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 2000
10
The Man with the Black Coat: Russia's Literature of the Absurd
Fedya slowly sneaked up to the butter dish and finally seizing a moment when his wife was bending over to cut her toenails, he quickly, in one movement, slipped all the butter out of the butter dish with his finger and put it into his mouth.
George Gibian, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUTTER DISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term butter dish is used in the context of the following news items.
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office for product design's kitchen by thomas collection for rosenthal
... is no small collection. the line includes kitchen utensils, salt and peper grinders, oil and vinegar cruets, bread and cheese boards, butter dish, ... «Designboom, Jul 15»
2
Eccentric collection tells stories of city, county
A butter dish that belonged to a great-great aunt who died in 1942 has a place on a shelf in Freeman's workspace. A shadowbox on the wall ... «Lincoln Times-News, Jul 15»
3
Bring a piece of the beach home
The handmade items include a Carolina Shrimp Server, a butter dish, a soup mug and more. The stoneware also features a sea animal on the ... «StarNewsOnline.com, Jun 15»
4
International Picnic Day
All you need to complete this day is to have this set next to a babbling brook and you have an old fashioned cane pole with a butter dish full of ... «Gladwin County Record & Beaverton Clarion, Jun 15»
5
PARK VIEWS: A Tail's Tale
Each day the number of stubby tailed wrens at the Bark Butter dish grew. I decided Dad was bringing the kids to the fast food take out window! «Circleville Herald, Jun 15»
6
The Finest Michelin Starred Restaurants of Napa Valley
... butter dish with bread. For a truly special experience, take in the action at the Chef's Counter, where there's seating for four inside the kitchen. «Haute Living, Jun 15»
7
Lauderdale County sheriff
Assorted clothes, bed linens, two bottles of perfume, cloth napkins, a crystal butter dish, patio furniture and accessories were taken from a ... «Times Daily, Jun 15»
8
Daily Diary, June 11, 1915
... Superintendent of Worcester Cemetery, and stealing three silver vases, a silver butter dish, a pair of gentlemens' boots, and other articles. «Worcester News, Jun 15»
9
Novelties, Whimsies & Oddities: Houston Museum exhibit displays …
Novelties in the exhibit include glass replicas of old-fashioned wood stoves and a butter dish with a lid shaped like a Trojan helmet. «Chattanooga Times Free Press, Jun 15»
10
50 wedding gifts for £50 or under
If you don't have a spare £150 to spend on a gold-dipped butter dish or all the resonably priced crockery items on the registery have already ... «Glamour.com, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Butter dish [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/butter-dish>. May 2024 ».
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