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button-shaped

button-shaped

2.6
Like a small round flat disk
  • adjective
translation icon : en forma de botón

Examples

  • The wide button-shaped finial is partly faceted.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The artist created a button-shaped brooch that was both elegant and simple.

  • Her earrings were designed to be button-shaped, adding a playful touch to her outfit.

  • The cake was decorated with button-shaped candies that delighted the children at the party.

Synonyms

disk-shaped
vsbutton-shaped
  • US
1 3.8

Having a flat, round shape like a coin

focuses on resembling a small flat button rather than any disk
buttonlike
vsbutton-shaped
4.8

Small, round, and shiny like a button

focuses on flat disk form rather than shine or small size
buttony
vsbutton-shaped
8.4

Small, round, and shiny like a button

stresses flat, disk shape rather than shiny decorative appearance

How Round

circular
84 2.8
button-shaped
2.6
rounded
1 2.4
oval
38 1.0

Surface Forms

button-shaped positive

Morphology

button-shaped = button + shaped (transparent) = button + shape + ed

The phrase is a straightforward hyphenated compound whose meaning is directly recoverable from 'button' and 'shaped'.

Etymology

Button-shaped comes from the familiar word button, which once meant a small 'bud' or knob and makes you think of a little round, flat object. That's why something button-shaped looks 'like a button' in shape.