but

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

but /by(t)/ masculine noun

1. goal;
   aim, purpose;
   aller droit au ~ to go straight to the point;

2. (in football) goal;

3. (in archery) target.

IDIOMS:

déclarer de ~ en blanc to declare point-blank.

but also

boire /bwaʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to drink;
   2. [paper] to soak up.

2. se boire reflexive verb (+ v être) ce vin se boit frais this wine should be drunk chilled.

IDIOMS:

~ comme un trou (familiar) to drink like a fish (colloquial);
il y a à ~ et à manger dans leur théorie there's both good and bad in their theory.