button
/ˈbʌtən/ noun A1- A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. · April fastened the buttons of her overcoat to keep out the wind.
- A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism. · Pat pushed the button marked "shred" on the blender.
- An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function. · Click the button that looks like a house to return to your browser's home page.
- A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric. · The politician wore a bright yellow button with the slogan "Vote Smart" emblazoned on it.
- A bud.
- The calyx of an orange.
- The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
- The clitoris.
Plural buttons
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The old man was attired in a suit of glistening watered silk, trimmed with steel buttons, beautifully cut and polished.
There was a bell beside the gate, and Dorothy pushed the button and heard a silvery tinkle sound within.
He was dressed in a blue frock-coat, buttoned up to the chin, and wore at his button-hole the rosette of an officer of the Legion of Honor.
“Dark complexion; hair, eyebrows, and whiskers black; blue frock-coat, buttoned up to the chin; rosette of an officer of the Legion of Honor in his button-hole; a hat with wide brim, and a cane.”
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