But




SEE: Butt, and Abut
adverb
1.
(Only, merely, just) all but dead ដែលជិតស្លាប់ (ត្រឹមតែ)
Example: It's not cheap. but it's very good, Not peace, but a sword, Not only... but also... Last but one, None but the brave.
preposition
1.
(no more than, except, otherwise than, other. yet on the cont; unless that) I can, but I won't តែ, ប៉ុន្ដែ, ក្រៅពី, There's nothing to do but go មានតែទៅទេ, all but one លើកលែងតែ, last but one បន្ទាប់ពីក្រោយគេ
  • but again
    - ម្យ៉ាងទៀត
  • No option but
    - គ្មានផ្លូវណាជ្រើសរើសក្រៅពី
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end.
2.
A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
3.
The thicker end of anything.
4.
A mark to be shot at; a target.
5.
A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company.
6.
A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.
7.
A thrust in fencing.
8.
A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
9.
The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
10.
The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
11.
The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
12.
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.
13.
The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
14.
The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
15.
A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint.
adverb
1.
Only; solely; merely.
Conjunction
1.
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.
Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that.
Preposition
1.
Except with; unless with; without.
2.
Except; besides; save.
3.
Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that.
1.
The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to ben, the inner room.
1.
A limit, a boundary