button

🇺🇸 /ˈbʌtn/ 🇬🇧 /ˈbʌtn/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-B1
noun
A2

A small thing on clothes used to fasten them.

He lost a button on his shirt.

A2

A part you press to make a machine work.

Press the button to start the machine.

A2

An area on a screen you click to do something.

Click the button to save your work.

R

A small badge with words or pictures on it.

She wore a button with a smiley face.

verb
R

To fasten something with buttons.

He buttoned his coat before going out.

R

To be fastened with buttons.

This shirt buttons easily.

translation

n. A small thing on clothes used to fasten them.; A part you press to make a machine work.; An area on a screen you click to do something.; A small badge with words or pictures on it.
v. To fasten something with buttons.; To be fastened with buttons.

Word Forms

Plural buttons
Progressive buttoning
Past buttoned
Perfect buttoned
3rd Present buttons

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