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buttonlock

buttonlock is the alternative form 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 buttonlock

pluralbuttonlocks

Questions about buttonlock

What is buttonlock the alternative form of?
Buttonlock is the alternative form of button lock.

Words near buttonlock in the dictionary

  1. buttonizes
  2. buttonizing
  3. buttonless
  4. buttonlessness
  5. buttonlike
  6. buttonlock
  7. buttonlocks
  8. buttonmaker
  9. buttonmakers
  10. buttonmaking
  11. buttonman

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