Examples of “butter” in a Sentence

noun A soft, pale-yellow fatty food made by churning cream, spread on bread or used in cooking.

• She spread a thick layer of butter on the warm toast.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan before adding the flour.
• We ran out of butter, so the pastry had to wait until tomorrow.

verb To spread butter onto something.

• He buttered the toast and added jam.
• Always butter the baking tin well so the cake does not stick.
• I buttered a warm crumpet and watched the butter melt into it.