button-down style
- noun
- /ˈbʌtənˌdaʊn staɪl/
:
estilo con cuello abotonado
- She prefers the button-down style because it keeps the collar neat throughout the day.
Examples
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He prefers the button-down style for formal occasions.
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The button-down style has become a staple in many professional wardrobes.
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For a business meeting, he wore a classic button-down style with a navy suit.
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Do you like the button-down style of this shirt?
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He prefers to wear a button-down style shirt for casual outings.
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At the party, she looked sharp in her button-down style blouse.
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The office dress code allows for a relaxed button-down style during the summer months.
Synonyms
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A shirt with collar points that fasten down with buttons
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines an adjective and a noun in a way that is partly compositional: 'style' (manner of dress) plus 'button-down' evokes a style characterized by buttoned collars. However, because 'button-down' is also used metaphorically to mean 'conventional' and the specific sartorial detail (a collar fastened to the shirt with buttons) is a lexicalized clothing sense, a B1 learner who only knows the adjective's non-clothing sense may not infer the precise shirt feature without prior exposure.
Etymology
The name button-down style comes from the collar that has small buttons to 'fasten' it down to the shirt. This keeps the collar in place, so today button-down style means a shirt whose collar stays neat.