button-down

Definition of Button-down in English :

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Adjective

1. button-down, buttoned-down, conservative

unimaginatively conventional

Example Sentences:
'a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business'

2. button-down

of a shirt; having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons

Example Sentences:
'Brooks Brothers button-down shirts'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Button-down

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adjective

1.

(of a collar) having points that are fastened to the garment with buttons

2.

(of a shirt) having a button-down collar

3. Also: buttoned-down

conventional or conservative

a button-down corporate culture

Button-down

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adjective

1.

designating a collar, as on a shirt, having points fastened by small buttons to the front of the garment

2.

conservative, conventional, etc.

a button-down mind

: also ˈbutˌtoned-down

noun

3.

a shirt with a button-down collar

Button-down

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adj.

1. Having buttons extending down the front from the collar to the waist: a button-down shirt.

2. Fastened down by buttons: a button-down collar.

3. also but·toned-down (bŭtnd-) Conservative, conventional, or unimaginative: "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-gray world of business" (Newsweek).

n.

A button-down shirt.

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