button
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6.7
- noun
- /ˈbʌtən/
- He carefully examined the button on the plant, noticing its unique shape and color.
Examples
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That cute little button of a nose.
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Dressing in crisp button-down shirts and khaki pants, he might have been a model for a J. Crew catalog.
Academic text (2008) -
Customers should use the push button to operate automatic doors.
Fiction book (2002) -
A pair of black button eyes peered up at her.
Fiction book (1994) -
She had long blond hair and freckles and a little button nose.
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Stone buttons belonging to Neolithic pilgrims are among the artifacts archaeologists have found at the site.
Academic text (2008) -
The garden was full of vibrant flowers, each with a button that resembled a tiny blossom.
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In the exhibit, there was a rare artifact that featured a button made from an unusual stone.
Idioms
Compounds
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2.9
A small button on a device that returns it to its original settings when you press it
6
1.9
A small switch you press with a finger to control a machine like a coffee maker or elevator
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6.9
A musical instrument with a folding part that you push and pull while pressing buttons to play notes
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7.2
A plant from Europe and Asia that grows each year with bright blue, purple, pink, or white flowers
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8.2
A tropical plant with bright rose, red, or purple flowers that keep their color when dried
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3.5
A radio you change stations on by pressing preset buttons instead of turning a dial
- 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
- Indian
A small fern with round buttonlike growths on its leaves that grows in warm, humid places
How Round
Surface Forms
Etymology
Button originally meant a 'bud' or small shoot in Old French bouton, so a plant button is the tight round part that appears before a flower opens.