button
Other forms: buttons; buttoned; buttoning
A button is a small, flat, round object often found on clothing. It can also describe the round disc you press to turn on an electronic device, like the button you push to turn on your computer.
The noun button also can refer to the little round billboards people pin to their clothes to display their favorite political candidate, band, organization, or saying. Button can also be a verb, which describes the act of fastening buttons, like when you button your shirt. Or if you work at an electronics factory, your job might be to button, or attach buttons to, a cell phone.
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a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
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coat button
a button on a coat
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shirt button
a button on a shirt
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coat button
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a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment“they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate”
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badge
an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.)
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badge
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any artifact that resembles a button
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any of various plant parts that resemble buttons
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plant part, plant structure
any part of a plant or fungus
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plant part, plant structure
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fasten with buttons
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provide with buttons“button a shirt”
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add
make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
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add
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a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
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an electrical switch operated by pressing“the elevator was operated by push buttons”
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synonyms:
push, push button
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bell push
a button that is pushed to ring a bell
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bell, buzzer, doorbell
a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
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horn button
a button that you press to activate the horn of an automobile
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mouse button
a push button on the mouse
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panic button
a button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency
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reset button
a push button that you press to activate the reset mechanism
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night bell
a doorbell to be used at night
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electric switch, electrical switch, switch
control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
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a female sexual organ homologous to the penis
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erectile organ
an organ containing erectile tissue
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erectile organ
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Vocabulary from Cormac McCarthy's "The Road."
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