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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

Traces of the anti-inflammatory phenylbutazone, known as bute, were found in Dancer’s Image’s post-race urinalysis.

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2019

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

All of a sudden the Muskeeter I was hangin' to give a yank, and drew out his foot, left his bute in my hand.

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 21, August 20, 1870 by Various

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

The force identified the Taff Trail along with Bute Park as areas experiencing a higher level of youth anti-social behaviours.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

Wales was not far behind with Bute Park in Cardiff reaching 31.3C,

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

On Wednesday, temperatures peaked at 33.8C at Heathrow Airport in the strong July sunshine with Wales recording 31.2C at Cardiff Bute Park, Scotland seeing 29.0C at Aboyne and 27.1C at Helen's Bay in Northern Ireland.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 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