buttery
adjective/ˈbʌtəri/
Frequency rank: #14,162 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
having the taste, smell, or smooth quality of butter.
Example sentence
The croissant had buttery layers that melted in my mouth.
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