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button-up

/ˈbʌtənˌʌp/

button-up noun: a shirt fastened by a vertical column of buttons at the front.

button-up: a shirt fastened by a vertical column of buttons at the front
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Noun

button-up (plural button-ups)

  1. A shirt fastened by a vertical column of buttons at the front.

Forms of button-up

pluralbutton-ups

Questions about button-up

What does button-up mean?
Button-up means a shirt fastened by a vertical column of buttons at the front.
What part of speech is button-up?
Button-up is a noun.
How do you pronounce button-up?
Button-up is pronounced /ˈbʌtənˌʌp/.
What is the plural of button-up?
The plural of button-up is button-ups.

Words near button-up in the dictionary

  1. button-mashers
  2. button-mashing
  3. button-on
  4. button-pusher
  5. button-quail
  6. button-up
  7. button-ups
  8. buttonable
  9. buttonball
  10. buttonballs
  11. buttonbush

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