peanut butter

See also: peanutbutter

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpiːnʌtˈbʌ.tə/, /ˈpiːnʌtˌbʌ.tə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpi.nʌtˌbʌ.tɚ/
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Noun

peanut butter (countable and uncountable, plural peanut butters)

  1. A spread made from ground peanuts.
    Synonyms: (dated) peanut paste, PB
    • 2003, George August, Ph.D. with Anita Balliro, Ph.D. et al., “The Effects of Peanut Butter on the Rotation of the Earth”, in Annals of Improbable Research[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 August 2012:
      So far as we can determine, peanut butter has no effect on the rotation of the earth.
    She likes eating peanut butter on toast.

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Verb

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

  1. To spread resources too thin

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