But is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for BUT in dictionary:

VERB:
• to put forward as an objection
• Except with; unless with; without.
• Except; besides; save.
• Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that.
• Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that.
• Only; solely; merely.
• On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still; however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or less exceptive or adversative; as, the House of Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate dissented; our wants are many, but quite of another kind.
• The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to ben, the inner room.
• See Butt, v., and Abut, v.
• A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
• The thicker end of anything. See But.
• A mark to be shot at; a target.
• A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company.
• A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.
• A thrust in fencing.
• A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
• A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint.
• The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
• The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
• The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
• A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
• The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
• The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
PREPOSITION:
• except; apart from; other than
• used with repetition of certain words to give emphasis
• except
NOUN:
• an argument against something; an objection
• an outer room, especially in a two-roomed cottage.
• A limit; a boundary.
• The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st Butt.
• outer room of a two-roomed cottage: usually the kitchen
CONJUNCTION:
• used to introduce a phrase or clause contrasting with what has already been mentioned
• used to indicate the impossibility of anything other than what is being stated
• used to introduce a response expressing a feeling such as surprise or anger
• used after an expression of apology for what one is about to say
• without it being the case that
ADVERB:
• no more than; only
• (used at the end of a sentence) though; however
• and nothing more
• only
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a flatfish

Words related to BUT

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Words that contain BUT

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How to use BUT in a sentence

• It was very charming in the little low-ceilinged cabin, with the lamp swinging overhead and no sound outside but the soft lapping of the tide upon the sides of the boat.
• Of course we are bound to love our enemies if we can, but even the Gospel sets us an example of unbounded and uncompromising denunciation, in the case of the Pharisees.
• She cherished certain ideals of a possible lover and husband, but always with a false sense of shame.
• This persistency, in all but either very timid or very vulgar natures, always has been and always will be independent of external assent or co-operation.
• I would suffer anything for you, but by going I may save us both.
• But you can make any kind of calculation afterwards, about what took place in absolute darkness, without the least fear of being proven wrong.
• One may hold up their gods to ridicule and they will laugh at his remarks, but they do not love to hear the worship of their ancestors spoken against.
• Had this meeting been erected in a more spacious street, it might have been seen to advantage, but its beauties are here lost.
• But, mates, his one eye was worse than the four muzzles, and we slunk to our work, and obeyed him.
• New York, for example, will secure an abundance of pure water from the Catskill Mountains, but it will lose force in transmission.
• In the summer the gods had their triumph, but in the winter the giants had their way.
• But, besides the want of further incident, this idea did not seem to him sufficiently sad.
• But how true it is that misfortunes rarely come singly.
• Memory did but little for her, and she hardly knew how to hope.
• But even if two parties were not formed, it was not long before other difficulties arose.
• She tried to call up an easy and gay demeanor, but the effort was not entirely successful.
• Theophilus Bolton was not only a learned divine, but a very fine gentleman.
• The grooms led their horses away, and, as the big double doors opened, they went in, one of them, standing aside for the younger of his companions but entering before the other.
• Still amid utter blackness, he got upon his feet, shaken but otherwise unhurt by his fall.
• But to-night he seemed in a softer mood than usual.
• Last night he had enjoyed it, but last night was not to-day.
• Grief and Weeping are indeed frequent Companions, but, I believe, never in their highest Excesses.
• But as soon as he was invited to read from his precious Book, he obeyed at once and sat among them, as once his Lord did among learned old men in Jerusalem.
• I was told that there were more children attending than they had accommodation for, but they disliked to turn any of them away.
• But for this, the laws of property would be undistinguishable from the wildest superstitions.
• There appears in his character but a small portion of that which is evil, blended with much that is undoubtedly good.
• But at last, overcome with grief and weariness, he fell asleep.
• Van Voorhis but, after the testimony was introduced, the judge refused to allow him to address the jury.
• Next day we rose early, but found that we should have to spend five or six days at De Aar.

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