but

/bʊt/

#41 of the most-used English words

noun

1. An instance or example of using the word "but".
   "It has to be done – no ifs or buts."
2. The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
3. A limit; a boundary.
4. The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.

verb

1. Use the word "but".
   "But me no buts."

adverb

1. Merely, only, just.
   "Christmas comes but once a year."
2. Though, however.
   "I'll have to go home early but."
3. Used as an intensifier.
   "Nobody, but nobody, crosses me and gets away with it."

Similar: even so, nevertheless, notwithstanding, yet

preposition

1. Apart from, except (for), excluding.
   "Everyone but Father left early."
2. (obsolete outside Scotland) Outside of.

Similar: barring, except for, save for