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  1. noun A generally disk-shaped fastener used to join two parts of a garment by fitting through a buttonhole or loop.
  2. noun Such an object used for decoration.
  3. noun Any of various objects resembling a button, especially:
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  • Also noticed that on the a, button, span row - not only the button is a different height but it seems that the top position of the span is a few pixels lower than the other a and button buttons. —  doggdot.us
  • On the phone we got, the button is also next to a button for calling the police, so that should be interesting. currently knows no bounds has subsided to normal levels Kurt —  putative.com
  • The button in the middle of the navigation button is the Enter button, which is used to select a highlighted item. —  Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine
  • This button is a little awkward to press and doesn't have very good tactile feedback. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets
  • This button will be the one which is in down state in the moment. —  Pixel2Life.com: Latest 15 Tutorials
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

switch ·  box ·  panel ·  pin ·  link ·  key ·  device ·  file ·  ring ·  lock ·  item ·  wire

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button:   buttons ·  buttoned

Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French bouton, from bouter, to thrust, of Germanic origin; see bhau- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also boton, from Middle English boton, botoun (also corruptly bothun, bothom, in sense of ‘bud’), from Old French boton (French bouton = Provencal Spanish boton = Portuguese botão = Italian bottone), a button, a bud; perhaps from boter, push out, butt: see butt.
  2. from Middle English botonen, from boton, a button.
 

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