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button lock

button lock noun: a type of lock (for knives, and other tools, of folding or collapsing type) in which the lock is released with the press of a button, usually on the side of the handle; such a lock often allows the tool to be locked closed as well as locked open.

Noun

button lock (plural button locks)

  1. A type of lock (for knives, and other tools, of folding or collapsing type) in which the lock is released with the press of a button, usually on the side of the handle; such a lock often allows the tool to be locked closed as well as locked open.
  2. (metonymically) A knife or other tool with such a lock.

Forms of button lock

pluralbutton locks
alternative formbuttonlock

Questions about button lock

What does button lock mean?
Button lock means a type of lock (for knives, and other tools, of folding or collapsing type) in which the lock is released with the press of a button, usually on the side of the handle; such a lock often allows the tool to be locked closed as well as locked open.
What part of speech is button lock?
Button lock is a noun.
What is the plural of button lock?
The plural of button lock is button locks.

Words near button lock in the dictionary

  1. button hole
  2. button holes
  3. button it
  4. button lift
  5. button lifts
  6. button lock
  7. button locks
  8. button man
  9. button mangrove
  10. button mangroves
  11. button mash

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