back-butter

verb

To apply adhesive to the back of (a tile) before placing it on the substrate.

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Meanings

verbback-butter (third-person singular simple present back-butters, present participle back-buttering, simple past and past participle back-buttered)

present singular third person back-butters · participle present back-buttering · participle past back-buttered · past back-buttered

  1. transitivebusinessTo apply adhesive to the back of (a tile) before placing it on the substrate.
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APA

back-butter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back-butter

MLA

“back-butter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back-butter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “back-butter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back-butter.

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