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buttonfront

buttonfront adjective: having buttons on the front.

Adjective

buttonfront (not comparable)

  1. Having buttons on the front.
    • Her short stout body was packed into pale pink polyester pants and a matching buttonfront vest.1988 April 15, Laura Flaherty, “The Woman in Pink”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of buttonfront

From button + front.

Questions about buttonfront

What does buttonfront mean?
Buttonfront means having buttons on the front.
What part of speech is buttonfront?
Buttonfront is an adjective.

Words near buttonfront in the dictionary

  1. buttoned up one's lip
  2. buttoned-down
  3. buttoned-up
  4. buttoner
  5. buttoners
  6. buttonfront
  7. Buttong
  8. buttongrass
  9. buttonhead
  10. buttonheads
  11. buttonhole

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