Button

Quick meaning: Button is a noun meaning (clothing) A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.

Meaning

(clothing) A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.

More Meanings

1. A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
2. (graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
3. (US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
4. (botany) A bud.
5. The calyx of an orange.
6. The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
7. (slang) The clitoris.

Example Sentences

Pat pushed the button marked "shred" on the blender.

April fastened the buttons of her overcoat to keep out the wind.

Click the button that looks like a house to return to your browser's home page.

O queen Emilia, / Fresher than May, sweeter / Than her gold buttons on the boughs,

Word Forms

• buttons
• buttoning
• buttoned

Synonyms for button

Depending on context, synonyms include endbutton, adjuster, blow, push, clit, clitoris.

Antonyms for button

Common opposites include unbutton.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include push button, push, clit, clitoris, cuff, bottom.

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