buttery
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
Types & categories
Sense 2 adjective
unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
buttery praise
Related & opposite
- smarminess derivation
- unction derivation
- insincere similar to
Sense 3 noun
a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals
Types & categories
- teashop hypernym
Sense 4 adjective
resembling or containing or spread with butter
a rich buttery cake
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | storeroom |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stillroom |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | smarminess |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | unction |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | insincere |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | teashop |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | butter |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | fatty |