Peanut-buttery
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Indicative or characteristic of peanut butter; like peanut butter.
"Nut oils have the same problem; they work against the flavors in the dairy fats to muddy each other’s subtleties, resulting in a flat, peanut-buttery taste."
- 2 With peanut butter.
"The situation may concern Dad’s favorite fountain pen, or the way you don’t turn the newspaper back after reading the funnies, or some bigger issue; it may concern Mother’s invariable scolding when you leave behind your peanut-buttery knives, bread-crumbs and milk glasses strewn over the table in a cleaned-up kitchen, or leave your bedroom a complete jumble when you rush off for high school."
Synonyms
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More examples"Nut oils have the same problem; they work against the flavors in the dairy fats to muddy each other’s subtleties, resulting in a flat, peanut-buttery taste."
Etymology
From peanut butter + -y.
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