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button locks

button locks is the plural of button lock.

Meaning of button lock

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 locks

alternative formbuttonlocks

Questions about button locks

What is button locks the plural of?
Button locks is the plural of button lock.

Words near button locks in the dictionary

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

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