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BUTTON-DOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does button-down mean?
• BUTTON-DOWN (adjective)
The adjective BUTTON-DOWN has 2 senses:
1. unimaginatively conventional
2. of a shirt; having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons
Familiarity information: BUTTON-DOWN used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unimaginatively conventional
Synonyms:
button-down; buttoned-down; conservative
Context example:
a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business
Similar:
conventional (unimaginative and conformist)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of a shirt; having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons
Context example:
Brooks Brothers button-down shirts
Similar:
buttoned; fastened (furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike)
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