Usually means: Conjunction expressing contrast
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word but:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. but: Merriam-Webster
  2. but: Cambridge Essential British English Dictionary
  3. but: Wordnik
  4. but, but, but, but: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  5. but: Cambridge English Dictionary
  6. but: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  7. but, but-: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  8. but: Collins English Dictionary
  9. but: Vocabulary.com
  10. but: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. but: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. but: Random House Unabridged Dictionary (1997)
  13. But, but, but-: Dictionary.com
  14. but: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. but: Rhymezone (WordNet)
  16. but, but-: MyWord.info
  17. but: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. but, but-: TheFreeDictionary.com (American Heritage)
  19. but: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  20. but: Oxford English Dictionary

General (historical) (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. but (1755), but (1755), but (1755), but (1773), but (1773), but (1773): Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
  2. but, but, but, but, but, but, but: Middle English Dictionary
  3. but: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  4. but: Webster's 1828 Dictionary

User-edited (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. But: Wiktionary
  2. but: Wiktionary
  3. But (surname), But (retailer), But: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. B.U.T: Urban Dictionary
  5. but: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. BUT: Acronym Finder
  3. BUT: Three Letter Words with definitions
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. but, but: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See buting as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adverb:  (chiefly literary or poetic) Merely, only, just, no more than.
▸ adverb:  (Australia, Geordie, Scotland, conjunctive) Though, however.
▸ adverb:  Used to repeat an adverb for emphasis; simply; just; absolutely.
▸ noun:  An instance of using the word "but"; an objection or caveat.
▸ noun:  (Scotland) The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
▸ noun:  A limit; a boundary.
▸ noun:  The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.
▸ verb:  (archaic) Use the word "but".
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
merely, simply, just, only, although, though, because, even, anyway, not, more...

Opposite:
and, also, moreover, furthermore, additionally

Types:
salted, unsalted, sweet, dairy free, vegan, organic, raw, smoked, more...

Phrases:
but that, but for, but what, but then, nothing but, more...

Adjectives:
big, great, tear, part, separate, little, normal, best, next, eight, work

Colors:
    beige,     umber,     taupe,     teal,     burgundy, more...


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Similar:
merely, simply, just, only, although, though, because, even, anyway, not, more...

Opposite:
and, also, moreover, furthermore, additionally

Types:
salted, unsalted, sweet, dairy free, vegan, organic, raw, smoked, more...

Phrases:
but that, but for, but what, but then, nothing but, all but, anything but, not but, none but, but good, but hey, last but not least, but and ben, close but no cigar, slowly but surely, more...

Adjectives:
big, great, tear, part, separate, little, normal, best, next, eight, work

Colors:
    beige,     umber,     taupe,     teal,     burgundy, more...



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