but
IPA: bˈʌt
noun
- An instance of using the word "but"; an objection or caveat.
- (Scotland) The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
- A limit; a boundary.
- The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.
- A surname.
verb
- (archaic) Use the word "but".
adverb
- (chiefly literary or poetic) Merely, only, just, no more than
- (Australia, Tyneside, conjunctive) Though, however.
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