butterless

1 2.1

Not made with or covered in butter

adjective
/ˈbʌtərləs/

: sin mantequilla

The boy has been allowed to nibble on a butterless roll.

Examples

He chuckled as he small-talked his guests, scooping a spoonful of caviar onto a slice of butterless toast.

Fiction book (1990)
"Without you I'm nothing, a butterless roll."

Mr. Deeds (2002)
"Depends on what you mean by well," Lisa answers, biting into a butterless hunk of sourdough rye baguette.

Fiction book (1999)
He chuckled as he small-talked his guests, scooping a spoonful of caviar onto a slice of butterless toast.
It's better butterless: Ask for bread to be toasted 'dry.'

Synonyms

unbuttered

vsbutterless

1 2.7

Not having butter spread on it

is broader, covering items made with or coated in fat as well

Antonyms

buttery

21 3.2

Having a rich, smooth taste like butter

How Buttery

buttery

21 3.2

rich

62 3.0

butterless

1 2.1

Surface Forms

butterless positive

Morphology

butterless = butter (transparent) = butter + less

Meaning is directly derived from the noun 'butter' plus the productive suffix '-less' meaning 'without', so learners can infer 'without butter'.

Etymology

Butterless joins butter and the ending -less, and -less means 'without', just like in hopeless. So butterless means 'without butter', used for food that does not have butter.