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disbutton

disbutton verb: to remove the button from (fruit).

Verb

disbutton (third-person singular simple present disbuttons, present participle disbuttoning, simple past and past participle disbuttoned)

  1. (transitive) To remove the button from (fruit).
    • When blue mold is prevalent, disbuttoned fruit may require subsequent treatment with a mild antiseptic, […]1936, United States Department of Agriculture Office of Information, Technical Bulletin (issues 476-500, page 5)
    • Disbuttoning of gassed fruit gave the most effective decay control.1943, Florida State Horticultural Society, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, page 34

Forms of disbutton

third-person singular presentdisbuttons
present participledisbuttoning
past participledisbuttoned
pastdisbuttoned

Origin of disbutton

From dis- + button.

Questions about disbutton

What does disbutton mean?
Disbutton means to remove the button from (fruit).
What part of speech is disbutton?
Disbutton is a verb.
What is the past tense of disbutton?
The past tense of disbutton is disbuttoned.

Words near disbutton in the dictionary

  1. disbursing
  2. disburthen
  3. disburthened
  4. disburthening
  5. disburthens
  6. disbutton
  7. disbuttoned
  8. disbuttoning
  9. disbuttons
  10. disc
  11. DISC assessment

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