button

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♦ but|ton /b'ʌtən/ (buttons buttoning buttoned)
1 [N-COUNT]
Buttons are small hard objects sewn on to shirts, coats, or other pieces of clothing. You fasten the clothing by pushing the buttons through holes called buttonholes.
...a coat with brass buttons.
2 [VERB] V n
If you button a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing, you fasten it by pushing its buttons through the buttonholes.
Ferguson stood up and buttoned his coat.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P, V-ed P
Button up means the same as button.
I buttoned up my coat; it was chilly...
The young man slipped on the shirt and buttoned it up...
It was freezing out there even in his buttoned-up overcoat.
3 [N-COUNT]
A button is a small object on a machine or electrical device that you press in order to operate it.
He reached for the remote control and pressed the `play' button.
4 [N-COUNT]
A button is a small piece of metal or plastic which you wear in order to show that you support a particular movement, organization, or person. You fasten a button to your clothes with a pin. (AM; in BRIT, use badge)bel|ly but|ton (belly buttons)
[N-COUNT]
Your belly button is the small round thing in the centre of your stomach. (INFORMAL)
= navelbut|ton mush|room (button mushrooms)
[N-COUNT] usu pl
Button mushrooms are small mushrooms used in cooking.button up
see button 2hot but|ton (hot buttons)
[N-COUNT] oft N n
A hot button is a subject or problem that people have very strong feelings about. (mainly AM JOURNALISM)
Abortion is still one of the hot button issues of US life.

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