Dictionary entry details
• BUTTON (noun)
Meaning:
A round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("button" is a kind of...):
fastener; fastening; fixing; holdfast (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "button"):
coat button (a button on a coat)
shirt button (a button on a shirt)
Meaning:
An electrical switch operated by pressing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
push button; button; push
Context examples:
the elevator was operated by push buttons / the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk
Hypernyms ("button" is a kind of...):
electric switch; electrical switch; switch (control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "button"):
reset button (a push button that you press to activate the reset mechanism)
panic button (a button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency)
mouse button (a push button on the mouse)
horn button (a button that you press to activate the horn of an automobile)
bell; buzzer; doorbell (a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed)
bell push (a button that is pushed to ring a bell)
Holonyms ("button" is a part of...):
push-button radio (a radio receiver that can be tuned by pressing buttons)
Meaning:
Any of various plant parts that resemble buttons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("button" is a kind of...):
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate
Hypernyms ("button" is a kind of...):
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
clitoris; clit; button
Hypernyms ("button" is a kind of...):
erectile organ (an organ containing erectile tissue)
Meronyms (parts of "button"):
foreskin; prepuce (a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris)
glans clitoridis (small mass of erectile tissue at the end of the body of the clitoris)
Holonyms ("button" is a part of...):
vulva (external parts of the female genitalia)
Meaning:
A device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
button; release
Hypernyms ("button" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Meaning:
Any artifact that resembles a button
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("button" is a kind of...):
artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)
• BUTTON (verb)
Meaning:
Provide with buttons
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
button a shirt
Hypernyms (to "button" is one way to...):
add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)
"Button" entails doing...:
run up; sew; sew together; stitch (fasten by sewing; do needlework)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Fasten with buttons
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
button the dress
Hypernyms (to "button" is one way to...):
fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
unbutton (undo the buttons of)
