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bute

bute noun: phenylbutazone.

Noun

bute (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Phenylbutazone.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Bute

Bute

  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.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Bute

Bute (plural Butes)

  1. A surname.

Forms of bute

pluralButes

Origin of bute

From its middle syllable.

Perhaps a variant of Butt.

Words formed from bute

Questions about bute

What does bute mean?
Bute means phenylbutazone.
What part of speech is bute?
Bute can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near bute in the dictionary

  1. Butchlander
  2. butchly
  3. butchness
  4. butchphobia
  5. butchy
  6. bute
  7. Buteau
  8. Buteaus
  9. Butembo
  10. butenafine
  11. butenal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bute (page history and authors); Bute (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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