BUTTON

Button

In modern clothing and fashion design, a button is a small fastener, most commonly made of plastic, but also frequently of seashell, which secures two pieces of fabric together. In archaeology, a button can be a significant artifact. In the applied arts and in craft, a button can be an example of folk art, studio craft, or even a miniature work of art.

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button

Noun

  1. A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
  2. A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
  3. An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
  4. A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
  5. A bud.
  6. The clitoris.
  7. The center (bullseye) of the house.
  8. The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
  9. A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
  10. The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
  11. A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement marking painted stripe.
  12. A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
  13. A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
  14. A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.

Verb

  1. To fasten with a button.
  2. To be fastened by a button or buttons.
    The coat will not button.


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