butteriness
Smooth dairy essence
Butteriness is the quality of being like butter—rich, smooth, and creamy.
It describes textures that melt or spread easily: The butteriness of the croissant was perfect.
In wine tasting, butteriness refers to a smooth, creamy flavor often found in oaked Chardonnays.
The term can also describe anything with an unctuous, indulgent quality.
Butter with milk removed
- clarifiedMade understandable
- croissantLayered crescent-shaped pastry
- briocheEnriched French bread
- shortbreadButtery, crumbly biscuit
pastry · scones · puff pastry · buttercream · hollandaise · sauté · basting · laminated
Soft and smooth-textured
- silkySmooth and lustrous
- creamySmooth and rich
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- unctuousExcessively and insincerely earnest
luscious · rich · melting · coating · spreadable · soft · yielding · supple
Having much of something
- savoryAppetizing, not sweet
- tangySharp and lively-tasting
- nuttyEccentric or almond-flavored
- caramelizedBrowned through sugar heating
browned · toasted · mild · delicate · dairy · fresh · salted · cultured
Self-indulgent, often corruptly
- luxuriousMarked by costly elegance
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
- comfortingGiving emotional ease
- satisfyingProducing fulfillment or pleasure
pleasurable · hedonistic · sinful · tempting · extravagant · gratifying · opulent · gourmet
ghee
Butter with milk removed
shortbread · pastry · scones · puff pastry · buttercream · hollandaise · sauté · basting · laminated · flaky
velvety
Soft and smooth-textured
unctuous · luscious · rich · melting · coating · spreadable · soft · yielding · supple · satin
rich
Having much of something
caramelized · browned · toasted · mild · delicate · dairy · fresh · salted · cultured · grassy
decadent
Self-indulgent, often corruptly
- luxuriousMarked by costly elegance
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
- comfortingGiving emotional ease
satisfying · pleasurable · hedonistic · sinful · tempting · extravagant · gratifying · opulent · gourmet · pampering
- taste qualitiesflavor, taste, tastiness, deliciousness, sweetness
- fatty texturesoiliness, greasiness, unctuousness
- bread qualitiesfresh, stale, soft, crusty, crispy
- texturessmoothness, smooth, soft, rough, roughness
- richnessdepth, fullness, complexity, layers, density
butterinessleanness
State of being thin
dryness · fat-free · austerity · spareness · greaselessness
butterinessdryness
Absence of moisture
roughness · coarseness · crumbliness · graininess · chalkiness
butter, butterfly, buttery, buttered, buttering, butters, peanut butter, buttermilk, butterscotch