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   button

   /ˈbʌtn/

   noun

   • 1. a small disc or knob sewn on to a garment, either to fasten it by being pushed through a slit made for the purpose or for decoration. Similar fastenerstudlinktogglehookcatchclasp
   • ▪ a small round object resembling a button: "chocolate buttons"
   • ▪ a knob fitted to the point of a foil to make it harmless.
   • ▪ used in reference to things of little worth: "he will never give away anything that is worth a button"
   • 2. a small device on a piece of electrical or electronic equipment which is pressed to operate it. Similar knobswitchon/off switchpush switchdiscleverhandlekeycontrolcontroller
   • ▪ an element of a graphical user interface which a user can select to perform a particular action: "just search for the app you want and click the 'buy' or 'install' button"
   • 3. a badge bearing a design or slogan and pinned to clothing. North American

   verb

   • 1. fasten (clothing) with buttons: "I buttoned my shirt and knotted my tie"
   • ▪ fasten the buttons of a garment being worn by someone: "he buttoned himself into the raincoat"
   • ▪ (of a garment) be fastened with buttons: "a dress that buttoned down the front"
   • 2. stop talking. informal

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French bouton, of Germanic origin and related to butt1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. buttonless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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