| NOUN | artifact | button | a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifact | button, push button, push | an electrical switch operated by pressing | |
| plant | button | any of various plant parts that resemble buttons | |
| communication | button | a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment | |
| body | button, clitoris, clit | a female sexual organ homologous to the penis | |
| artifact | button, release | a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism | |
| artifact | button | any artifact that resembles a button | |
| VERB | contact | button | provide with buttons |
| contact | button | fasten with buttons |
| Sounds | bah'tahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | coat button | A button on a coat |
| shirt button | A button on a shirt | |
| Broader | fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing | restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place |
| Spanish | botón | |
| Catalan | botó | |
| Adjectives | buttony | ornamented with many buttons |
| buttony | small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button | |
| Verbs | button | fasten with buttons |
| button | provide with buttons | |
| Meaning | An electrical switch operated by pressing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the elevator was operated by push buttons" | |
| Synonyms | push button, push | |
| Part of | push-button radio | A radio receiver that can be tuned by pressing buttons |
| Narrower | bell push | A button that is pushed to ring a bell |
| doorbell, bell, buzzer | A push button at an outer door / door / door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed | |
| horn button | A button that you press to activate the horn of an automobile | |
| mouse button | A push button on the mouse | |
| panic button | A button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency | |
| reset button | A push button that you press to activate the reset mechanism | |
| Broader | switch, electric switch, electrical switch | Control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit |
| Spanish | botón, botón pulsador, pulsar | |
| Catalan | botó | |
| Meaning | Any of various plant parts that resemble buttons. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | plant part, plant structure | Any part of a plant or fungus |
| Meaning | A round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate" | |
| Broader | badge | An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.) |
| Meaning | A female sexual organ homologous to the penis. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | clitoris, clit | |
| Part of | vulva | external parts of the female genitalia |
| Parts | glans clitoridis | small mass of erectile tissue at the end of the body of the clitoris |
| prepuce, foreskin | A fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris | |
| Broader | erectile organ | An organ containing erectile tissue |
| Spanish | clitoris, clítoris | |
| Catalan | clítoris | |
| Meaning | A device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | release | |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
| Spanish | botón | |
| Meaning | Any artifact that resembles a button. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | artifact, artefact | A man-made object taken as a whole |
| Spanish | botón | |
| Meaning | Provide with buttons. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "button a shirt" | |
| Entails | sew, run up, sew together, stitch | Fasten by sewing |
| Broader | add | make an addition (to) |
| Spanish | abotonar | |
| Nouns | button | a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes |
| Meaning | Fasten with buttons. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "button the dress" | |
| Broader | fasten, fix, secure | Cause to be firmly attached |
| Opposite | unbutton | undo the buttons of |
| Spanish | abotonar, abrochar | |
| Catalan | botonar, embotonar | |
| Nouns | button | a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes |
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