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Definitions of but
adv. & conj. - Except with; unless with; without. ²
adv. & conj. - Except; besides; save. ²
adv. & conj. - Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that. ²
adv. & conj. - Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that. ²
adv. & conj. - Only; solely; merely. ²
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. ²
prep., adv. & conj. - The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to ben, the inner room. ²
n. - A limit; a boundary. ²
n. - The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st Butt. ²
v. i. - See Butt, v., and Abut, v. ²
v. t. - A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. ²
v. t. - The thicker end of anything. See But. ²
v. t. - A mark to be shot at; a target. ²
v. t. - A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company. ²
v. t. - A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram. ²
v. t. - A thrust in fencing. ²
v. t. - A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field. ²
v. t. - A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint. ²
v. t. - The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib. ²
v. t. - The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose. ²
v. t. - The joint where two planks in a strake meet. ²
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. ²
v. t. - The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks. ²
v. t. - The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice. ²

The word "but" uses 3 letters: B T U.

Direct anagrams of but:
  tub

Words formed by adding one letter before or after but (in bold), or to btu in any order:
a -   abut   tabu   tuba   e -   bute   tube   h -   bhut   n -   bunt   o -   bout   r -   brut   s -   bust   buts   stub   tubs   t -   butt  

Shorter words found within but:
ut  

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