English noun: button |
1. | button (artifact) a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes |
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| Broader (hypernym) | fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | coat button, shirt button |
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2. | button (artifact) an electrical switch operated by pressing |
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| Samples | The elevator was operated by push buttons. The push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk.
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| Synonyms | push, push button |
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| Broader (hypernym) | electric switch, electrical switch, switch |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bell, bell push, buzzer, doorbell, horn button, mouse button, panic button, reset button |
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| Part meronym | push-button radio |
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3. | button (plant) any of various plant parts that resemble buttons |
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| Broader (hypernym) | plant part, plant structure |
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4. | button (communication) a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment |
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| Samples | They passed out campaign buttons for their candidate.
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| Broader (hypernym) | badge |
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5. | button (body) a female sexual organ homologous to the penis |
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| Synonyms | clit, clitoris |
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| Broader (hypernym) | erectile organ |
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| Part holonym | foreskin, glans clitoridis, prepuce |
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| Part meronym | vulva |
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6. | button (artifact) a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism |
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| Synonyms | release |
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| Broader (hypernym) | device |
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7. | button (artifact) any artifact that resembles a button |
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| Broader (hypernym) | artefact, artifact |
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