An instance or example of using the word "but". / (Scotland) The outer room of a small two-room cottage. / A limit; a boundary.

(archaic) Use the word "but".

An expression to start the last item of a list, emphasising that while it is listed last, it is just as important as the rest of the items.

(organic chemistry) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, CH₂=CH-CH=CH₂; it is obtained from petroleum and is used in the preparation of the synthetic rubber polybutadiene.

(idiomatic) Such that the substance of the contest is complete, leaving only the cheering.

Used to show that the thing just referred to is not ideal or does not support the argument, but that the situation cannot be improved upon, or the speaker is unwilling to try.

You can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it.

Very nearly; everything short of.

(idiomatic, originally US, colloquial) Used to indicate that one is almost correct or has almost succeeded, but not quite.

(idiomatic) Almost everything, whether needed or not.