Definition:
- (adv. & conj.) Except with; unless with; without.
- (adv. & conj.) Except; besides; save.
- (adv. & conj.) Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that.
- (adv. & conj.) Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that.
- (adv. & conj.) Only; solely; merely.
- (adv. & conj.) 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.
- (prep., adv. & conj.) The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to ben, the inner room.
- (n.) A limit; a boundary.
- (n.) The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st Butt.
- (v. i.) See Butt, v., and Abut, v.
- (v. t.) A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
- (v. t.) The thicker end of anything. See But.
- (v. t.) A mark to be shot at; a target.
- (v. t.) A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company.
- (v. t.) A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.
- (v. t.) A thrust in fencing.
- (v. t.) A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
- (v. t.) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint.
- (v. t.) The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
- (v. t.) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
- (v. t.) The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
- (v. t.) The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
Compare but with other words:
bulk vs. but
buat vs. but
brut vs. but
but vs. jut
bur vs. but
but vs. buz
but vs. tut
but vs. rut
bunt vs. but
bub vs. but
bud vs. but
bun vs. but
but vs. out
bout vs. but
but vs. gut
bus vs. but
but vs. nut
bug vs. but
but vs. cut
bust vs. but
but vs. hut
but vs. buy
bot vs. but
abut vs. but
but vs. buttons
but vs. shoe
but vs. lest
but vs. the
but vs. put
but vs. plus
but vs. content
but vs. notwithstanding
but vs. merely
but vs. whereas
but vs. viking
bet vs. but
but vs. when
bum vs. but
but vs. than
bat vs. but
but vs. for
but vs. otherwise
but vs. while
albeit vs. but
but vs. rebut
but vs. nonetheless
but vs. though
but vs. just
but vs. except
abc vs. but
ben vs. but
but vs. cottage
but vs. instance
but vs. room
but vs. example
but vs. outer
but vs. yet
but vs. unless
but vs. excepting
but vs. without
bar vs. but
although vs. but
but vs. contradict
but vs. nevertheless
but vs. contrast
but vs. rather
but vs. contrary
but vs. excluding
but vs. however
but vs. only
and vs. but