butter out
C1 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
To spread butter evenly over something until it's smooth.
Literal meaning: To spread (spread out) butter across something.
Meanings
1 C1 neutral
To spread and smooth butter evenly over a surface.
"Butter out the baking tin carefully so the cake doesn't stick to the edges."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Extremely rare. Not a well-established phrasal verb in standard English. Speakers would normally say 'spread the butter' or 'butter the pan'. Learners should be aware of this but are unlikely to encounter it.
Commonly used with
pan surface dough pastry tin
Forms
Base
butter out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
butters out
he/she/it
Past simple
buttered out
yesterday
Past participle
buttered out
have + pp
-ing form
buttering out
continuous
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