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.
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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
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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
Derived forms of button
buttoner, noun buttonless, adjective buttony, adjectiveWord Origin for button
C14: from Old French
boton, from
boter to thrust, butt, of Germanic origin; see
butt ³
Medical definitions for button
button
[ bŭt′n ]
n.
A knoblike structure, device, or lesion.
Idioms and Phrases with button
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