button

A small part you press or click to make a machine, device, or program do something.

• Press the green button.
• I clicked the button to save my work.
• Which button turns the radio off?

Common phrases: press a button, click a button, power button, start button

A small round piece that passes through a hole to hold clothes closed.

• One button is missing from my shirt.
• She sewed new buttons onto her coat.
• Can you help me fasten this button?

Common phrases: shirt button, loose button, sew a button

A small part you press to make a machine or device do something.

• Press the green button to start.
• I pushed the wrong button on the lift.
• Which button turns the machine off?

Common phrases: press a button, push the button, start button

A small object sewn onto clothes and pushed through a hole to keep the clothes closed.

• My shirt has six buttons.
• She sewed a new button onto his coat.
• One of the buttons came off in the wash.

Common phrases: shirt button, sew a button, missing button, fasten a button

A small badge with a picture or message, attached to clothes with a pin.

• She wore a campaign button.
• I pinned the button to my jacket.
• Volunteers handed out buttons with the candidate's name.

Similar words: badge, pin

Common phrases: campaign button, wear a button, pin a button, political button

In poker, the marker or player position that acts last in later rounds of a hand.

• She has the button this hand.
• Move the button one seat to the left.
• The button raised after everyone else had checked.

Similar words: dealer button

Common phrases: dealer button, on the button, have the button, move the button

To close a piece of clothing using its small round fasteners.

• Please button your coat.
• He buttoned his shirt in a hurry.
• This jacket buttons at the front.

How to use it: button something up (She buttoned her jacket up before leaving.)

Similar words: fasten

Opposites: unbutton

Common phrases: button a shirt, button up, button your coat