Buttery

But·ter·y

Buttery

a.
  1. Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter.

Buttery

n.

pl. Butteries

  1. An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept.
    All that need a cool and fresh temper, as cellars, pantries, and butteries, to the north.
  2. A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and refreshments are kept for sale to the students.
    And the major Oxford kept the buttery bar.
    — E. Hall.
  3. A cellar in which butts of wine are kept.

Phrases & Compounds

Buttery hatch
a half door between the buttery or kitchen and the hall, in old mansions, over which provisions were passed.