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buttonhole machine

buttonhole machine

5.1
A sewing machine that sews small openings for buttons in clothes
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : máquina de ojales
  • She adjusted the settings on the buttonhole machine to ensure each buttonhole was reinforced with gimp thread.

Examples

  • The tailor used a buttonhole machine to create neat and uniform openings on the shirt cuffs.

  • Modern buttonhole machines can sew different shapes and sizes, making garment production more efficient.

  • The new buttonhole machine arrived yesterday.

  • Can you show me how to use the buttonhole machine?

  • Modern buttonhole machines can sew different shapes and sizes, making garment production more efficient.

  • She adjusted the settings on the buttonhole machine to ensure each buttonhole was reinforced with gimp thread.

  • The tailor used a buttonhole machine to create neat and uniform openings on the shirt cuffs.

Synonyms

eyelet buttonhole machine
vsbuttonhole machine
  • Specialized
9.1

A machine that sews buttonholes, for example small round eyelet holes

is broader and makes various fastener opening shapes and often offers gimp reinforcement

Surface Forms

buttonhole machine singular
buttonhole machines plural

Morphology

buttonhole + machine

The meaning is directly compositional: a 'machine' that makes or works on 'buttonholes', so its purpose follows immediately from the two constituents. The noun+noun compounding pattern expressing an object designed for a specific function is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Buttonhole machine is a name for a machine that sews the button hole, making a neat, stitched opening so a button can fasten clothing. So the name literally means 'to make buttonholes'.