but

strong /bʌt/ weak /bət/ preposition

Definition

› except: Everyone but Andrew knows. Can you buy me a sandwich? Anything but ham. This is the last programme but one (= the programme before the last).

(Definition of but preposition from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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