ALL meanings of button-down
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B b - adjective button-down A button-down shirt or a shirt with a button-down collar has a button under each end of the collar which you can fasten. 3
- adjective button-down (of a collar) having points that are fastened to the garment with buttons 3
- adjective button-down (of a shirt) having a button-down collar 3
- adjective button-down conventional or conservative 3
- adjective button-down designating a collar, as on a shirt, having points fastened by small buttons to the front of the garment 3
- adjective button-down conservative, conventional, etc. 3
- noun button-down a shirt with a button-down collar 3
- adjective button-down (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt. 1
- adjective button-down (of a shirt) having a button-down collar. 1
- adjective button-down (of a shirt) having buttons down the front from the collar to the bottom. 1
- adjective button-down Also, buttoned-down. (especially of attitudes, opinions, etc.) extremely conventional; unimaginative. 1
- noun button-down A shirt with a button-down collar. 0
- adjective button-down Of a collar, able to be buttoned down to the shirt, as over a necktie. 0
- adjective button-down (Idiomatic) Serious; staid; businesslike. 0
- adjective button-down (Idiomatic) Conservative; conventional; unimaginative. 0