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BUTTONHOOK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does buttonhook mean? 

BUTTONHOOK (noun)
  The noun BUTTONHOOK has 1 sense:

1. a hook for pulling a button through a buttonholeplay

  Familiarity information: BUTTONHOOK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BUTTONHOOK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("buttonhook" is a kind of...):

hook (a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something)


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