Phrase guide

peanut butter

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpiːnʌtˈbʌ.tə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpiːnʌtˌbʌ.tə/
  • General-American: /ˈpi.nʌtˌbʌ.tɚ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A spread made from ground peanuts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • She likes eating peanut butter on toast.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: peanut paste, PB

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To spread resources too thin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, informal, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a spread made from ground peanuts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spread, paste

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: grondboontjiebotter — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Arabic: زُبْدَةْ فُول سُودَانِيّ (zubdat fūl sūdāniyy) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Armenian: գետնանուշի կարագ (getnanuši karag) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Azerbaijani: yerfındığı yağı — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Azerbaijani: araxis yağı — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Azerbaijani: fıstıq əzməsi — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Belarusian: арахі́савы але́й (araxísavy aljéj) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Bulgarian: фъстъ́чено масло́ (fǎstǎ́čeno masló) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Catalan: mantega de cacauet — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Chinese Cantonese: 花生醬 /花生酱 (faa1 sang1 zoeng3) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 花生醬 /花生酱 (huāshēngjiàng) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Choctaw: waya bahpo — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Czech: burákové máslo — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Czech: arašídové máslo — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Danish: peanutbutter — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Danish: jordnøddesmør — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Dutch: pindakaas — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Esperanto: ternuksbutero — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Esperanto: arakida butero — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Estonian: maapähklivõi — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Finnish: maapähkinävoi — spread made from ground peanuts
  • French: beurre de cacahuètes — spread made from ground peanuts
  • French: beurre de cacahuète — spread made from ground peanuts
  • French: beurre d'arachides — spread made from ground peanuts
  • French: beurre de pinottes — spread made from ground peanuts
  • West-Frisian: nútsjesmoar — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Galician: manteiga de cacahuete — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Georgian: არაქისის კარაქი (arakisis ḳaraki) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Georgian: მიწის თხილის კარაქი (mic̣is txilis ḳaraki) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • German: Erdnussbutter — spread made from ground peanuts
  • German: Erdnusscreme — spread made from ground peanuts
  • German: Erdnussmus — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Greek: φυστικοβούτυρο (fystikovoútyro) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Haitian Creole: manba — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Hebrew: חמאת בוטנים (khem'át botním) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Hungarian: mogyoróvaj — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Icelandic: hnetusmjör — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Indonesian: selai kacang — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Irish: im piseanna talún — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Italian: burro di arachidi — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Japanese: ピーナッツバター (pīnattsubatā) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Khmer: ប៊ឺសណ្តែកដី (bɨɨ sɑntaek dəy) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Konkani: कडलेकाया लोणी (kaḍalēkāyā lōṇī) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Korean: 땅콩버터 (ttangkongbeoteo) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Lithuanian: riešutų sviestas — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Macedonian: путер од кикири́тки (puter od kikirítki) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Malay: mentega kacang — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Classical Nahuatl: tlalcacahuamolli — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Navajo: naashchʼííʼ jelii — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Navajo: atłish — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Norman: beurre dé nouaix — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Norwegian Bokmål: peanøttsmør — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: peanøttsmør — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Persian: کرهٔ بادام زمینی (kare-ye bâdâm zamini) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Polish: masło orzechowe — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Portuguese: manteiga de amendoim — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Portuguese: pasta de amendoim — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Romanian: unt de arahide — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Russian: ара́хисовое ма́сло (aráxisovoje máslo) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Russian: оре́ховое ма́сло (oréxovoje máslo) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Russian: арахисовая паста — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Serbo-Croatian: maslac od kikirikija — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Slovak: arašidové maslo — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Slovene: arašídovo máslo — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Spanish: crema de cacahuate — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Spanish: mantequilla de maní — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Spanish: manteca de maní — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Spanish: crema de maní — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Spanish: mantequilla manisera — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Spanish: mantequilla manicera — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Sranan Tongo: pindadokun — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Swahili: siagi ya karanga — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Swedish: jordnötssmör — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Tagalog: mantekilyang mani — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Tamil: வேர்க்கடலை வெண்ணெய் (vērkkaṭalai veṇṇey) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Thai: เนยถั่วลิสง (nəəi-tùua-lí-sǒng) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Thai: เนยถั่ว (nəəi-tùua) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Turkish: fıstık ezmesi — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Ukrainian: арахісове масло (araxisove maslo) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Ukrainian: арахісова паста — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Uzbek: yongʻoq moyi — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Vietnamese: bơ lạc — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Vietnamese: bơ đậu phộng — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Welsh: menyn pysgnau — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Wolof: tiga-dege — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Yiddish: סטאַשקעשמיר (stashkeshmir) — spread made from ground peanuts
  • Yiddish: נוס־פּוטער (nus-puter) — spread made from ground peanuts