but

noun

An instance of using the word "but"; an objection or caveat.

The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.

A limit; a boundary.

(Scotland) The outer room of a small two-room cottage.

A surname.

verb

(archaic) Use the word "but".

adverb

(Australia, Geordie, Scotland, conjunctive) Though, however.

(chiefly literary or poetic) Merely, only, just, no more than

Synonyms for but

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