Butter: alternatives and connections

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Butter

An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.

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Battler 76% connected

A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to…

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Belligerent 76% connected

Waging war; carrying on war.

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Combatant 76% connected

Contending; disposed to contend.

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Fighter 76% connected

One who fights; a combatant; a warrior.

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Stick 76% connected

A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

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Derivationally related 6

Bunt 74% connected

A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable