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Meaning of button-down in English
Pronunciation
/ˈbətnˌdaʊn/
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Classifying Adjective
button-down
Definitions
1.
unimaginatively conventional
Examples
« a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-gray world of business- Newsweek »
Synonyms
conventional
2.
of a shirt
Examples
« having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons »
« Brooks Brothers button-down shirts »
Synonyms
buttoned
fastened