button

/ˈbʌtn̩/ · noun

Meaning

One who adjusts, especially for the insurance industry's employment title "loss adjuster" (or "claims adjuster" in the United States).
A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
A bud.
The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument.
To fasten with a button.
To be fastened by a button or buttons.
To stop talking.

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