Crossword clues for butter dish
butter dish
Wiktionary
n. A specialised dish in which butter is served. It would normally have a base with a separate fitting lid with its own handle.
WordNet
n. a small dish (often with a cover) for holding butter at the table
Wikipedia
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.
Category:Serving and dining
Usage examples of "butter dish".
They ate with their mouths open, drank with their mouths full, grabbed for the butter dish and knocked over the water jug, quarrelled and hit each other, and flatly refused to eat Sophie's wholesome vegetables and puddings.
Leaping to her feet, she snatched the butter dish out from under the cat's tongue.
He slammed his fist down on the table and a silver candlestick toppled over into the butter dish.
French jams, English marmalades, an unclean butter dish, bottles of ketchup and Lea &.
The last straw was when he took the butter dish off the table, before everybody was finished with it.
He dismissed any notion of thanks with a wave that ended in a reach for the butter dish.