fastened by buttons

  • 1buttons — n. bellboy in a hotel, pageboy (British usage) but·ton || bÊŒtn n. switch, push button; young mushroom v. fasten with buttons; be fastened with buttons …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 2fastened — adjective 1. firmly closed or secured (Freq. 1) found the gate fastened a fastened seatbelt • Ant: ↑unfastened • Similar to: ↑pegged down 2. furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 3fastened latched — closed closed adj. 1. having an opening obstructed. [Narrower terms: {blind}] Also See: {obstructed}, {sealed}, {shut}, {unopen}, {closed}. Antonym: {open}. [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Math.) of a curve or surface: having no end points or boundary curves;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4Dress shirt — Charvet dress shirt from the 1930s, Norsk Folkemeuseum, Oslo. A shirt, or dress shirt in American English, (also button front, button down, or button up shirt) is a garment with a collar, a full length opening at the front from the collar to the… …

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  • 5dress — /dres/, n., adj., v., dressed or drest, dressing. n. 1. an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece. 2. clothing; apparel; garb: The dress of the 18th century was colorful. 3. formal attire. 4. a particular… …

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  • 6Shirt — Charvet shirt from the 1930s, Norsk Folkemeuseum, Oslo. A shirt is a cloth garment for the upper body. Originally an undergarment worn exclusively by men, it has become, in American English, a catch all term for almost any garment other than… …

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  • 7fasten */ — UK [ˈfɑːs(ə)n] / US [ˈfæs(ə)n] verb Word forms fasten : present tense I/you/we/they fasten he/she/it fastens present participle fastening past tense fastened past participle fastened 1) a) fasten or fasten up [transitive] to close something such… …

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  • 8fasten — fas|ten [ fæsn ] verb * 1. ) transitive to close something such as a piece of clothing or a bag using the buttons, ZIPPER, CLIP, etc. on it: Please keep your seatbelts fastened while the seatbelt light is on. fasten something with something: It… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 9button — but|ton1 S2 [ˈbʌtn] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: boton, from boter; BUTT2] 1.) a small round flat object on your shirt, coat etc which you pass through a hole to fasten it ▪ small pearl buttons ▪ A button was missing from his shirt.… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10buttoned — adj. fastened with buttons but·ton || bÊŒtn n. switch, push button; young mushroom v. fasten with buttons; be fastened with buttons …

    English contemporary dictionary