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push-buttons

push-buttons is the plural of push-button.

Meaning of push-button

Noun

push-button (plural push-buttons)

  1. An electrical switch activated by pressing a button.
    • The communicating doors of adjoining vehicles are opened simultaneously by pressing a large push-button located a suitable height for a man loaded with mailbags to contact it with his shoulder; after a time-lag of seven seconds the doors close automatically.1959 December, “New TPOs for the Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 581

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Questions about push-buttons

What is push-buttons the plural of?
Push-buttons is the plural of push-button.

Words near push-buttons in the dictionary

  1. push-bike
  2. push-biked
  3. push-bikes
  4. push-biking
  5. push-button
  6. push-buttons
  7. push-cycle
  8. push-cycles
  9. push-in
  10. push-ins
  11. push-me-I-push-you

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