English dictionary: words starting with but
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conjunctionUsed to introduce a phrase or clause contrasting with what has already been mentioned.
Usage examples:
He stumbled but didn't fall
prepositionExcept; apart from; other than.
Usage examples:
We were never anything but poor
adverbNo more than; only.
Usage examples:
He is but a shadow of his former self
nounAn argument against something; an objection.
Usage examples:
No buts —just get out of here
nounIn the highlands of scotland, a small, simple house with two rooms
collocationWithout someone or something
Usage examples:
But for you, i would be completely alone in the world., these banks would have failed but for large…
idiomSaid when something bad that has happened to someone else could have happened to you
collocationWithout someone or something
Usage examples:
But for you, i would be completely alone in the world., these banks would have failed but for large…
nounA 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…
nounA flammable hydrocarbon gas of the alkane series, present in petroleum and natural gas. it is used in bottled form as a fuel.
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The remaining butane and methane are recycled and reused to fuel the process.
nounA 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.
nounEach 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 …
nounA liquid ketone used as an industrial solvent; also called methyl ethyl ketone.
adjectiveHaving an appearance or other qualities of a type traditionally seen as masculine.
Usage examples:
A butch woman in a baseball cap
nounA lesbian whose appearance and behaviour are seen as traditionally masculine.
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Also masculine females and feminine males - including butches and gay males considered to be ‘effem…
Butcher
ˈbʊtʃ.ərnounA 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,…
verbSlaughter 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…
adjectiveHaving an appearance or other qualities of a type traditionally seen as masculine.
Usage examples:
A butch woman in a baseball cap
nounA shrike (family laniidae ), which impales its prey on thorns.
nounButchers collectively.
verbSlaughter 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…
nounA 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,…
nounA person who slaughters people indiscriminately or brutally; compare "butcher""butcher". formerly also: †a person who wantonly destroys something (obsolete, rare).
nounA female butcher; (occasionally also) a butcher's wife or daughter.
nounThe 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…
verbSlaughter 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…
nounA 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,…
nounThe quality of being butcherly.
adjectiveInflicting or involving brutal slaughter or injury; barbarous; bloody; (of a blow or stroke) rough, violent; hacking.
adjectiveInflicting or involving brutal slaughter or injury; murderous; barbarous; bloody.
nounA 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,…
verbSlaughter 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…
nounThe 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…
nounA 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…
adjectiveHaving an appearance or other qualities of a type traditionally seen as masculine.
Usage examples:
Butch men and feisty women
nounAnother term for phenylbutazone.
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