What does back-butter mean?

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back-butter

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English

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verb

To apply adhesive to the back of (a tile) before placing it on the substrate.

Transitive verb

back-butters (present, singular) back-buttering (participle, present) back-buttered (participle, past) back-buttered (past)

What does back-butter mean?: To apply adhesive to the back of (a tile) before placing it on the substrate.

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