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push button

push button is the alternative form 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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Forms of push button

pluralpush buttons

Questions about push button

What is push button the alternative form of?
Push button is the alternative form of push-button.

Words near push button in the dictionary

  1. push biking
  2. push broom
  3. push brooms
  4. push bunt
  5. push bunts
  6. push button
  7. push buttons
  8. push dagger
  9. push daggers
  10. push daisies
  11. push day

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