garlic butter
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- noun
- /ˈɡɑrlɪk ˈbʌtər/
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mantequilla de ajo
- She spread garlic butter on the toasted baguette slices before serving them as an appetizer.
- spread garlic butter
- bread with garlic butter
They put like, this garlic butter sauce on it.
- They put like, this garlic butter sauce on it.
- Need a medium with the outside chart well with garlic butter on it, maybe some steak rolls if you got them.
Examples
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An onion bun covered with garlic butter.
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I'm going back just for the tri-tip sandwich with a cup of hot chopped-up garlic butter poured all over it!
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I guess now I'll have to get the garlic butter!
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The cheese on the pizza was one note, and then it also had some sort of white garlic butter sauce.
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But anyway, I'm going to use this roasted garlic butter one which I bought recently.
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Usually, a serving of pizza bread is 3 or 4 slices of French bread with a bit of garlic butter.
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It's served with a corn on the cob and garlic butter, just like a country crawfish boil.
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To enhance the flavor of the lobster, melt some garlic butter and drizzle it generously over the top.
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The recipe calls for combining fresh herbs with garlic butter to create a savory topping for the grilled steak.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'butter flavored with garlic' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'garlic' (a flavoring) with 'butter' (a spread), forming a straightforward noun-noun compound that describes a type of butter. This compositional pattern is common across languages (e.g., Spanish 'mantequilla de ajo', French 'beurre à l'ail') and follows regular English noun-modifier rules, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Garlic butter comes from the simple act of mixing garlic and butter so the strong garlic taste can be spread or melted on bread, meat, or vegetables. That's why the name means 'butter flavored with garlic'.