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butteriness

butteriness

3.2
A soft, rich taste or feeling like butter in food
  • noun
  • /ˈbʌtərɪnəs/
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  • I love the butteriness of homemade mashed potatoes.

Examples

  • She loved the butteriness of the mashed potatoes at the restaurant.

  • The sauce added a pleasant butteriness to the steamed vegetables.

  • The butteriness of the croissant made it especially delicious.

  • The butteriness of the croissant made it irresistible.

  • The butteriness of the sauce added a delicious richness to the dish.

  • I enjoyed the butteriness of the freshly baked croissants at the bakery.

  • The chef described the butteriness of the dish as a key element to its flavor profile.

Antonyms

dryness
8 1.0

Lack of water or wetness in something

staleness
1 3.9

Food, air, or other things that are no longer fresh and smell bad

How Buttery

butteriness
3.2
richness
8 3.2
creaminess
3 2.3
smoothness
5 1.9
blandness
1 4.1

Surface Forms

butteriness singular
butterinesses plural

Morphology

butteriness = buttery (transparent) = butter + y + ness

Formed by adding -ness to the adjective 'buttery' (butter + -y), yielding the quality of tasting or feeling like butter.

Etymology

Butteriness comes from butter, the soft, creamy dairy spread, and the ending -iness that means 'the quality of'. So it simply means something that 'tastes, smells, or feels like butter', which is why we use it for food texture and flavor.