| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | but·ter·y |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b t  -r , btr |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. but·ter·ies
1. A room in which liquors are stored. 2. Chiefly British A place in colleges and universities where students may buy provisions. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English buttrie, from Anglo-Norman buterie, alteration of botelerie, from Old French botele, bottle. See bottle.
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