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butterball
noun 4
Collocations
2ADJ.
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BUTTERBALL + NOUN
fat-proofing, llc, turkey
Definitions
noun
1
A round lump of a coagulated fat used in cooking such as butter or margarine.
2
An overweight person.
What if your baby is a butterball? Does Fat-Proofing mean you should put your infant on diet?.
3
A small North American duck, the bufflehead, Bucephala albeola.
The skipper had his eye on a bunch of butterballs feeding not far from the boat. In fact there were ducks all around — though he did not tell me so.
4
A turkey.
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Synonyms
noun — small North American diving duck
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What if your baby is a butterball? Does Fat-Proofing mean you should put your infant on diet?.
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The skipper had his eye on a bunch of butterballs feeding not far from the boat. In fact there were ducks all around — though he did not tell me so.
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Rigorous controls also exist for turkey production at Butterball Turkey LLC, which says the regulations are ingrained in how they produce food.
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