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• bute
  bute

  noun

  phenylbutazone.
• Bute
  Bute

  noun

  Also Buteshire a historic county in SW Scotland, composed of three islands in the Firth of Clyde.

bute

¹ American  

[byoot] / bjut /

noun

Slang.

1. phenylbutazone.

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Bute ² American  

[byoot] / bjut /

noun

1. Also Buteshire a historic county in SW Scotland, composed of three islands in the Firth of Clyde.

2. an island in the Firth of Clyde, in SW Scotland: part of the county Bute. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).

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Bute ¹ British  

/ bjuːt /

noun

1. an island off the coast of SW Scotland, in Argyll and Bute council area: situated in the Firth of Clyde, separated from the Cowal peninsula by the Kyles of Bute . Chief town: Rothesay. Pop: 7228 (2001). Area: 121 sq km (47 sq miles)

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Bute ² British  

/ bjuːt /

noun

1. John Stuart , 3rd Earl of Bute. 1713–92, British Tory statesman; prime minister (1762–63)

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Etymology

Origin of bute

First recorded in 1965–70; by shortening

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Example Sentences

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bute Bute

Most were for excessive use of phenylbutazone, a commonly used anti-inflammatory known as bute.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2021

Bute masks many pains, and horses run on bute when they should be in rehab.

From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2015

Some horsemeat may contain the painkiller phenylbutazone, or bute, which is never supposed to enter the human food chain, since it presents the small risk of messing up your bone marrow.

From Newsweek ● Feb. 19, 2013

Despite the ban on bute for humans, Britain’s chief medical officer, Sally Davies, said that horse meat containing the drug “presents a very low risk to human health.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2013

Wel late ich habbe me bi þoht bute me god do milce.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall

Wind gusts peaked on Sunday morning at 85mph in Machrihanish, in Argyll and Bute, and 84mph in both Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides, and Capel Curig in north Wales.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

The 34-year-old was arrested at HM Naval Base Clyde near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, on 19 March, along with a 31-year-old Romanian woman.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Last year about a third of visitors came from outside Scotland, and most of them spent at least two nights in accommodation in Argyll and Bute.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Far from trying to disguise my disability and cover it up, I chose to quite openly stand using a crutch on the steps of Bute House when my husband became first minister.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

In Cardiff, the shipbroking firm of ‘Aadnesen & Dahl’ was set up and a single room in Bute Street was rented as an office.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

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