button
- noun
- /ˈbʌtən/
- A gold cotton dress with big black buttons made me feel elegant and poised.
- a button-down shirt
- pearl buttons
- mother-of-pearl buttons
Examples
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There are five shiny gold buttons on the front of my new blazer.
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Oh, this one is the button on the right shoe.
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You have a button and a little button hole here to hold things down.
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There are seven buttons on my shirt.
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A single small mother-of-pearl button that had rolled under a clothes press and been forgotten.
Fiction book (1991) -
His tie was loosened, and the top two buttons of his shirt were undone.
Fiction book (1991) -
It's got pearl buttons and an extra one sewn inside the cuff in case.
Academic text (2007) -
The sleeves were puffed; tiny buttons shaped like flowers ran up the back.
Fiction book (1991) -
We don't want your footsteps in the flower beds, or your coat button snagged on the window sill.
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The bellman's body was off-white plastic with inlaid brass buttons; his hands were lifelike in white gloves.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
A small round piece sewn to a shirt to hold the front closed
A small piece on clothing used to fasten or decorate
A small round piece that fastens a coat
Idioms
Compounds
A small button on a device that returns it to its original settings when you press it
A small switch you press with a finger to control a machine like a coffee maker or elevator
A radio you change stations on by pressing preset buttons instead of turning a dial
A musical instrument with a folding part that you push and pull while pressing buttons to play notes
- Indian
A small ground bird like a quail that lives on grassy plains and has no hind toe
A coarse prickly plant from the United States that lives for many years and has round flower heads
- Specialized
A North American wildflower with small round flower heads on tall spikes
A tropical plant with bright rose, red, or purple flowers that keep their color when dried
A plant from Europe and Asia that grows each year with bright blue, purple, pink, or white flowers
- Indian
A small fern with round buttonlike growths on its leaves that grows in warm, humid places
How Secure
Surface Forms
Etymology
Button comes from the Old French word bouton, which meant a 'bud' or small 'knob'. That's why a clothing button is a small round object sewn on to fasten clothes.