bute

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noun

Phenylbutazone.

Less commonScrabble 6

Meanings

bute1

nounbute (uncountable)
  1. informaluncountablePhenylbutazone.

Bute2

proper noun
  1. Any of a number of towns in English-speaking countries
  2. An island in the Firth of Clyde, and part of Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.
  3. A former county of Scotland, comprising the islands of Bute, Arran and the Cumbraes, also called Buteshire and Bute and Arran
  4. A Scottish marquisate.

Bute3

proper nounBute (plural Butes)

plural Butes

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Origin

bute · noun

From its middle syllable.

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Bute · proper noun

Perhaps a variant of Butt.

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APA

bute. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bute

MLA

“bute.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bute. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bute,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bute.

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