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butter

 
 
/ˈbʌtər/ noun [U]

Translation

a soft, pale yellow food made from cream that you put on bread and use in cooking
tereyağ
872
butter wouldn't melt in sb's mouth used to say that someone looks as if they would never do anything wrong
masummuş gibi görünmek, kendini çok iyi gizleyebilmek
1899
→ See also peanut butter
(Definition of butter noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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