butter
/ˈbʌtə(r)/noun
उच्चारण बटर
मक्खन
Basic wordPYP · asked 4 times
Asked in previous papers
as synonym
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[U]
a soft yellow food made from cream, used in cooking and for spreading on bread
मक्खन
- bread and butter
- Spread some butter on the paratha before serving.
- Mother melted a spoonful of butter in the pan.
+ 3 more examples
- Fresh white butter is served with hot parathas in Punjab.
- Do you prefer butter or jam on your toast?
- The recipe needs two hundred grams of butter.
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[T] ~ sth
to spread butter on something
मक्खन लगाना
- Butter the toast.
- She buttered two slices of bread for the children.
- Butter the tin before pouring in the cake mixture.
+ 2 more examples
- Radhika buttered a roll for her little brother.
- He buttered the corn on the cob and sprinkled salt on it.
Synonyms spread
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
butter (uncountable noun)
Butter is uncountable: say some butter, a little butter or a packet of butter, never a butter or butters in this sense.
Butter uncountable है: some butter, a little butter या a packet of butter कहें; इस अर्थ में a butter या butters नहीं।
- Radhika spread butter on the paratha.
- Add a spoonful of butter to the dal.
butter + sth (verb)
As a verb, butter means to spread butter on bread or toast; it takes the food as its object.
क्रिया के रूप में 'butter' का अर्थ ब्रेड या टोस्ट पर मक्खन लगाना है; खाद्य पदार्थ उसकी object होता है।
- She buttered the bread for the children.
butter sb up
To butter sb up is to praise someone too much in order to get a favour; it is informal.
'Butter sb up' का अर्थ कोई लाभ पाने के लिए किसी की अत्यधिक प्रशंसा करना है; यह अनौपचारिक है।
- He buttered up the manager before asking for leave.
butter vs ghee vs margarine
Butter is made from cream and used in the West; ghee is clarified butter common in India; margarine is a vegetable-fat substitute.
Butter क्रीम से बनता है और पश्चिम में आम है; ghee साफ़ किया हुआ मक्खन है जो भारत में आम है; margarine वनस्पति वसा का विकल्प है।
- Pooris are fried in oil, not in butter.
+Collocations 4
adjective + butter
freshsaltedunsaltedmeltedwhite
- Fresh white butter is a favourite in Punjabi homes.
verb + butter
spreadmeltchurnaddslice
- She churned butter from curd every morning.
butter + noun
knifemilkcakechickenpaper
- Butter chicken is a popular dish.
idioms
butter sb upbutter would not meltbread and butterbutterflies in the stomach
- She looks innocent, as if butter would not melt in her mouth.
“More examples 5
- Radhika spread butter thickly on her toast.
राधिका ने अपने टोस्ट पर मोटी परत में मक्खन लगाया।
- Heat the pan and melt a little butter before adding the eggs.
अंडे डालने से पहले कड़ाही गर्म करके थोड़ा मक्खन पिघलाइए।
- The shopkeeper buttered up his customers with free samples.
दुकानदार ने मुफ़्त नमूने देकर ग्राहकों को खुश किया।
- Pav bhaji is incomplete without a spoonful of butter on top.
ऊपर एक चम्मच मक्खन के बिना पाव भाजी अधूरी है।
- Teaching is his bread and butter.
पढ़ाना उसकी रोज़ी-रोटी है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ Please give me two butters.
✓ Please give me two packets of butter.
Butter is uncountable, so use a unit such as packets or slices.
Butter uncountable है, इसलिए packets या slices जैसी इकाई का प्रयोग करें।
✗ Butter are made from cream.
✓ Butter is made from cream.
An uncountable noun takes a singular verb.
Uncountable noun के साथ singular verb आती है।
✗ She buttered on the bread.
✓ She buttered the bread.
Butter as a verb is transitive and takes no preposition.
क्रिया के रूप में 'butter' सकर्मक है और preposition नहीं लेती।
¶Idioms 3
butter sb up
to say nice things to somebody so that they will help you or give you something
मक्खन लगाना, चापलूसी करना
- He is buttering up the boss for a promotion.
butter wouldn't melt (in sb's mouth)
used to say that somebody looks innocent but is not
भोला दिखना पर होना नहीं
- She looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.
have butterflies (in your stomach)
(informal) to have a nervous feeling in your stomach before doing sth
(किसी काम से पहले) घबराहट होना, पेट में तितलियाँ उड़ना
- I always get butterflies before an interview.
- She had butterflies in her stomach before going on stage.
AaSpelling
but·ter
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Butter sb up (flatter somebody to get something), bread and butter (a main source of income), have butterflies in your stomach (feel nervous), butterfingers (a person who often drops things).
Idioms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: butter sb up (कुछ पाने के लिए चापलूसी करना), bread and butter (आय का मुख्य स्रोत), have butterflies in your stomach (घबराहट होना), butterfingers (बार-बार चीज़ें गिराने वाला)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Operation Flood (the White Revolution), led by Verghese Kurien, made India the world's largest milk producer; Amul is based in Anand, Gujarat.
वर्गीज़ कुरियन के नेतृत्व में Operation Flood (श्वेत क्रांति) ने भारत को दुनिया का सबसे बड़ा दुग्ध उत्पादक बनाया; अमूल गुजरात के आणंद में स्थित है।