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~ BUTTON DICTIONARY ~
Button
In English: Button In French: Bouton In Spanish: botón
In German: Knopf In Czech: Knoflik
but·toned, but·ton·ing, but·tons
To fasten with buttons: buttoned his shirt; buttoned up her raincoat.
To decorate or furnish with buttons.
Informal. To close (the lips or mouth): Button your lip.
A generally disk-shaped fastener used to join two parts of a garment by fitting through a buttonhole or loop. To fasten one's clothing tightly, as against cold weather.
To close or seal securely: button up the cabin for winter.
Such an object used for decoration.
Any of various objects resembling a button, especially:
A push-button switch.
The blunt tip of a fencing foil.
A fused metal or glass globule.
Computer Science.
In graphical user interface systems, a well-defined area within the interface that is clicked to select a command.
In a hypertext database, an icon that when selected allows a user to view a particular associated object.
Any of various knoblike structures of a plant or animal, especially:
But·tons [bútt'nz ] noun
U.K. pageboy: a pageboy who wears a livery with rows of buttons up the jacket (archaic informal) (takes a singular verb)
Buttonmold
but·ton·mold [bútt'n mld ] (plural but·ton·molds) noun
base for covered button: a small piece of plastic, metal, or wood that forms the base of a button covered in fabric or leather
But-ton-down
1 designating a collar, as on a shirt, having points fastened by small buttons to the front of the garment 2 conservative, unimaginative, conventional.
But-ton-hole
A slit or loop through which a button can be fastened. -holed, -hol|ing 1 to make buttonholes in 2 to make with a buttonhole stitch 3 to make (a person) listen to one, as if by grasping his or her coat by a buttonhole --button-holer.
But-ton-hook A small hook for pulling buttons through buttonholes, as formerly in some shoes.
Button Snakeroot
but·ton snake·root noun
1. PLANT
2. U.S. plant used to treat snakebite: a wild plant of the southeastern United States with whitish flowers that is sometimes used to treat snakebite. Latin name Eryngium yuccifolium Also called rattlesnake master
Button Mushroom
but·ton mush·room (plural but·ton mush·rooms) noun
1. unopened mushroom: an immature unopened mushroom, typically sold canned or bottled
2. small edible mushroom: a small mushroom cultivated for food. Latin name Agaricus bisporus
Button-through
but·ton-through adjective
CLOTHES buttoned top to bottom: fastened by a row of buttons from the top to the bottom hem
Button Tow
but·ton tow (plural but·ton tows) noun
U.K. one-person ski lift: a ski lift in which the occupant straddles a disk attached to a metal pole suspended from a moving cable
Button Up
button up verb
1. transitive verb do up buttons: to fasten something with buttons
2. intransitive verb stop talking: to stop talking or refuse to talk (informal)
3. transitive verb close something tightly: to close or seal something tightly
Buttonwood
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but·ton·wood [bútt'n wd ] (plural but·ton·woods) noun
1. TREES (regional) See sycamore n.2
2. mangrove tree: a mangrove tree of the American and African tropics. Latin name Conocarpus erectus
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