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English dictionary: words starting with but

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conjunction

Used to introduce a phrase or clause contrasting with what has already been mentioned.

Usage examples:

He stumbled but didn't fall
preposition

Except; apart from; other than.

Usage examples:

We were never anything but poor
adverb

No more than; only.

Usage examples:

He is but a shadow of his former self
noun

An argument against something; an objection.

Usage examples:

No buts —just get out of here
noun

In the highlands of scotland, a small, simple house with two rooms

collocation

Without someone or something

Usage examples:

But for you, i would be completely alone in the world., these banks would have failed but for large…
idiom

Said when something bad that has happened to someone else could have happened to you

collocation

Without someone or something

Usage examples:

But for you, i would be completely alone in the world., these banks would have failed but for large…
noun

A colourless gaseous hydrocarbon made by catalytic dehydrogenation of butane. it is used in the manufacture of synthetic rubber.

Usage examples:

Diene elastomers have structures based on the molecules butadiene, isoprene, and/or their derivativ…
noun

A flammable hydrocarbon gas of the alkane series, present in petroleum and natural gas. it is used in bottled form as a fuel.

Usage examples:

The remaining butane and methane are recycled and reused to fuel the process.
noun

A flammable hydrocarbon gas of the alkane series, present in petroleum and natural gas. it is used in bottled form as a fuel.

Usage examples:

The remaining butane and methane are recycled and reused to fuel the process.
noun

Each of two isomeric liquid alcohols used as solvents; butyl alcohol.

Usage examples:

Recent work in our laboratory has explored the clustering behaviour of organic polar solvents such …
noun

A liquid ketone used as an industrial solvent; also called methyl ethyl ketone.

adjective

Having an appearance or other qualities of a type traditionally seen as masculine.

Usage examples:

A butch woman in a baseball cap
noun

A lesbian whose appearance and behaviour are seen as traditionally masculine.

Usage examples:

Also masculine females and feminine males - including butches and gay males considered to be ‘effem…

Butcher

ˈbʊtʃ.ər
noun

A person whose trade is cutting up and selling meat in a shop.

Usage examples:

Markets often have butchers or cooked meat shops that specialize in the head and trotters, that is,…
verb

Slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food.

Usage examples:

A ban on butchering downer cows - animals that stagger, can't walk, or exhibit other signs of bse-w…
adjective

Having an appearance or other qualities of a type traditionally seen as masculine.

Usage examples:

A butch woman in a baseball cap
noun

A shrike (family laniidae ), which impales its prey on thorns.

noun

Butchers collectively.

verb

Slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food.

Usage examples:

A ban on butchering downer cows - animals that stagger, can't walk, or exhibit other signs of bse-w…
noun

A person whose trade is cutting up and selling meat in a shop.

Usage examples:

Markets often have butchers or cooked meat shops that specialize in the head and trotters, that is,…
noun

A person who slaughters people indiscriminately or brutally; compare "butcher""butcher". formerly also: †a person who wantonly destroys something (obsolete, rare).

noun

A female butcher; (occasionally also) a butcher's wife or daughter.

noun

The work of slaughtering animals and preparing them for sale as meat.

Usage examples:

If women were in the encampment they would be segregated and would prepare the meal, although slaug…
verb

Slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food.

Usage examples:

A ban on butchering downer cows - animals that stagger, can't walk, or exhibit other signs of bse-w…
noun

A person whose trade is cutting up and selling meat in a shop.

Usage examples:

Markets often have butchers or cooked meat shops that specialize in the head and trotters, that is,…
noun

The quality of being butcherly.

adjective

Inflicting or involving brutal slaughter or injury; barbarous; bloody; (of a blow or stroke) rough, violent; hacking.

adjective

Inflicting or involving brutal slaughter or injury; murderous; barbarous; bloody.

noun

A person whose trade is cutting up and selling meat in a shop.

Usage examples:

Markets often have butchers or cooked meat shops that specialize in the head and trotters, that is,…
verb

Slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food.

Usage examples:

A ban on butchering downer cows - animals that stagger, can't walk, or exhibit other signs of bse-w…
noun

The work of slaughtering animals and preparing them for sale as meat.

Usage examples:

If women were in the encampment they would be segregated and would prepare the meal, although slaug…
noun

A lesbian whose appearance and behaviour are seen as traditionally masculine.

Usage examples:

Also masculine females and feminine males - including butches and gay males considered to be ‘effem…
adjective

Having an appearance or other qualities of a type traditionally seen as masculine.

Usage examples:

Butch men and feisty women
noun

Another term for phenylbutazone.

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