1 - An instance or example of using the word "but".
2 - The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
3 - A limit; a boundary.
1 - Use the word "but".
1 - Merely, only, just.
2 - Though, however.
3 - Used as an intensifier.
1 - Apart from, except (for), excluding.
2 - (obsolete outside Scotland) Outside of.
1 - On the contrary, rather (as a regular adversative conjunction, introducing a word or clause in contrast or contradiction with the preceding negative clause or sentence).
2 - However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence).
3 - Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "except such that".
