button

[ buht-n ]
/ ˈbʌt n /

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

to be capable of being buttoned: This coat buttons, but that one zips.

Idioms for button

Origin of button

1275–1325; Middle English boto(u)n < Anglo-French: rosehip, button, stud; Middle French boton, equivalent to boter to butt3 + -on noun suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM button

Definition for button (2 of 2)

Button
[ buht-n ]
/ ˈbʌt n /

noun

Richard Tot·ten [tot-n] /ˈtɒt n/, Dick,born 1929, U.S. figure skater.

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British Dictionary definitions for button

button
/ (ˈbʌtən) /

noun

verb

See also buttons, button up

Derived forms of button

buttoner, noun buttonless, adjective buttony, adjective

Word Origin for button

C14: from Old French boton, from boter to thrust, butt, of Germanic origin; see butt ³

Medical definitions for button

button
[ bŭtn ]

n.

A knoblike structure, device, or lesion.

Idioms and Phrases with button

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