peanut butter
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- noun
- /ˈpiːnʌt ˈbʌtər/
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- She enjoys spreading peanut butter on her toast every morning.
- a peanut butter sandwich
- peanut butter cookies
- peanut butter standard
I'm surprised that the peanut butter is in those.
- I'm surprised that the peanut butter is in those.
- So this is a peanut butter dark beer.
- This is a crushed peanut butter and Jelly sandwich.
- All right, so we're making peanut butter marshmallow puffs.
Examples
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Peanut butter and honey.
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For breakfast, we got white bread, peanut butter, and marmalade with coffee, but no milk.
Academic text (2008) -
You know, it's not good to eat peanut butter this late at night.
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At home I eat them with peanut butter.
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My first year in New York, I went hungry and lived on peanut butter, coffee, and Lucky Strikes.
Fiction book (1991) -
But what I will say is that the peanut butter cupcake is excellent.
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I made you a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
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I have been obsessed with banana, peanut butter, chocolate protein smoothies.
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You eat a few spoonfuls of peanut butter and a handful of raisins instead.
Fiction book (1997) -
But every second or third day, the carton held peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on white bread and milk.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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A soft food used on bread, like butter or jam
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A smooth spread made from crushed nuts
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A spread made from peanuts with small pieces that add crunch
How Smooth
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: a spread ('butter') made from peanuts, so a learner who knows 'peanut' and 'butter' can infer it refers to a peanut-based spread. This construction is cross-linguistically common (many languages use a calque or similar phrasing), so it is immediately understandable to a B1 learner despite the minor nuance that it is not dairy butter.
Etymology
Peanut butter: The name peanut butter comes from how roasted peanuts are ground into a soft paste that spreads like butter. That's why the term means 'a spread made from ground roasted peanuts' and why people put it on bread.