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peanut butter

[ pee-nuht buht-er, -nuht ]

noun

  1. a paste made from ground roasted peanuts, used as a spread or in cooking.


peanut butter

noun

  1. a brownish oily paste made from peanuts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of peanut butter1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
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Example Sentences

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Chris's allergy first came to light as a baby, when he developed a rash as his mum made peanut butter sandwiches.

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Her youngest students snack on Bamba, the Israeli peanut butter puffs given to teething babies.

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Flattening the contents of a 55-gallon drum took 30 to 45 minutes in a process that one engineer compared to crushing peanuts into peanut butter.

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Do I know some people who have smuggled in a peanut butter sandwich?

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Orange juice, bourbon and peanut butter were the most likely products to be hit.

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