button-down

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English

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Pronunciation

Noun

button-down noun

A shirt with a button-down collar

Verb

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Adjective

button-down adjective

Of a collar, able to be buttoned down to the shirt, as over a necktie.
Serious; staid; businesslike.
Conservative; conventional; unimaginative.

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Synonyms

buttoned-down buttoned conventional conservative fastened button-on bebuttoned tight-collar becollared unbuttoned collared high-necked single-breasted open-neck lapelled buttonfront

Rhymes

button down written down

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