All Definitions for Button
Below are all the dictionary definitions of button:
1A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
2A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
3An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
4A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
5A bud.
6The calyx of an orange.
7The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
8The clitoris.
9The center (bullseye) of the house.
10The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
11A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game
12Also dealer's button.
13The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
14A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement-marking painted stripe.
15The end of a runway.
16A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
17A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
18A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
19A knob
20A small ball
21A small, roundish mass.
22A small white blotch on a cat's coat.
23The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.
24The oblate spheroidal mass of glass attaching a stem to either its bowl or foot.
25In an instrument of the violin family, the near-semicircular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.
26Synonym of endbutton, part of a violin-family instrument.
27Synonym of adjuster.
28The least amount of care or interest
29A whit or jot.
30The punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene.
31The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).
32A button man
33A professional assassin.
34The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle.
35A clove (of garlic).
36Pedicle
37The attachment point for antlers in cervids.
38To fasten with a button.
39To be fastened by a button or buttons.
40To stop talking.
41A person who acts as a decoy.
42A unit of length equal to ¹⁄₁₂ inch.
43A surname originating as an occupation for a maker or seller of buttons.
44A township in Ford County, Illinois, United States.
45Alternative form of Buton (“Indonesian island”). [An island in Indonesia located off the southeast peninsula of Sulawesi.]
About synonyms for button
Finding the right synonym for button helps writers avoid repetition and add precision to their work. Defined as "A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.", button has 0 alternatives that can fit different contexts and tones.
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