(uncountable) Any of various foodstuffs made from other foods or oils, similar in consistency to, eaten like or intended as a substitute for butter (preceded by the name of the food used to make it).
“Dip the oysters into melted butter, or into oil, and lay them on the broiler.”
“Even with my talent for laying on the butter thick, and in all the right places, I understood at any given moment the whole thing could come crashing down.”
butterball
A round lump of a coagulated fat used in cooking such as butter, margarine, or a spread
“Dip the oysters into melted butter, or into oil, and lay them on the broiler.”
“Even with my talent for laying on the butter thick, and in all the right places, I understood at any given moment the whole thing could come crashing down.”