PEANUT BUTTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peanut butter mean? 

• PEANUT BUTTER (noun)
  The noun PEANUT BUTTER has 1 sense:

1. a spread made from ground peanuts

  Familiarity information: PEANUT BUTTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEANUT BUTTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A spread made from ground peanuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("peanut butter" is a kind of...):

paste; spread (a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes)

 Context examples 

Some foods to stay away from include: • Eggs • Honey • Peanuts (including peanut butter) • Other tree nuts

(Infant and Newborn Nutrition, NIH)

Peanut butter and tree nuts were not associated with stroke risk.

(Eating Regular Variety of Nuts Associated with Lower Risk of Heart Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

While many past studies focused on nut consumption as a whole, researchers in this study also looked at the association between specific types of nuts — peanut butter, peanuts, walnuts and tree nuts — with major cardiovascular events.

(Eating Regular Variety of Nuts Associated with Lower Risk of Heart Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)