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button

('b/@/t/-/n )

a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
an electrical switch operated by pressing(noun.artifact)

Example:
The elevator was operated by push buttons.

Synonym:
push, push button

source: wordnet30
any of various plant parts that resemble buttons(noun.plant)

source: wordnet30
a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment(noun.communication)

Example:
They passed out campaign buttons for their candidate.

source: wordnet30
a female sexual organ homologous to the penis(noun.body)

Synonym:
clit, clitoris

source: wordnet30
a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
release

source: wordnet30
any artifact that resembles a button(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.(noun)

source: webster1913

provide with buttons(verb.contact)

Example:
Button a shirt.

source: wordnet30
fasten with buttons(verb.contact)

Example:
Button the dress.

Antonym:
unbutton

source: wordnet30
To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make secure with buttons; -- often followed by up.(verb)

source: webster1913
To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button.(verb)

source: webster1913

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