compound butter

noun

Any mixture of butter and supplementary ingredients (such as lemon or garlic), typically used in cooking.

Meanings

nouncompound butter (countable and uncountable, plural compound butters)

plural compound butters

  1. countableuncountableAny mixture of butter and supplementary ingredients (such as lemon or garlic), typically used in cooking.

Translations

French beurre composé
  • beurre composémixture
German Würzbutter
  • Würzbuttermixture
Japanese コンパウンドバター
  • コンパウンドバター (konpaundo batā)mixture
Korean 조정버터
  • 조정버터 (jojeongbeoteo)mixture
Swedish aromsmör, kryddsmör
  • aromsmörmixture
  • kryddsmörmixture
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APA

compound butter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compound%20butter

MLA

“compound butter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compound%20butter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compound butter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compound%20butter.

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