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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

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

The Food Standards Agency said eight of 206 horses it checked had tested positive for bute.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2013

Wel late ich habbe me bi þocht; bute God me nu rede.

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

Police Scotland said officers were called to a "report of concern" for two divers at Loch Fyne in Argyll and Bute, at about 15:30 on Sunday.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Police arrested the men from locations in Newport, Swansea, London, Birmingham, Lancashire, Edinburgh and the Argyll and Bute area of Scotland.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Green Gen, owned by parent company Bute Energy, hopes to build three major electricity pylon routes connecting planned onshore windfarms in mid and west Wales with the wider grid network.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

For Ewen MacDonald, from Machrihanish in Argyll and Bute, the match is also a chance to rewrite history.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 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