BUTTON-DOWN: Meaning and related words

We found 21 dictionaries that define the word button-down:

General (19 matching dictionaries)

button-down: Merriam-Webster
button-down: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
button-down: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
button-down, button-down: Collins English Dictionary
button-down: Vocabulary.com
Button-Down, Button-down, button-down: Wordnik
button-down: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
button-down: Wiktionary
button-down: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
button-down: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
button-down: Infoplease Dictionary
button-down: Dictionary.com
button-down: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
button-down: Rhymezone
button-down: FreeDictionary.org
button-down: Mnemonic Dictionary
button-down: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

button-down: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

button-down: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ adjective:  Of a collar, able to be buttoned down to the shirt, as over a necktie.
▸ adjective:  (idiomatic) Serious; staid; businesslike.
▸ adjective:  (idiomatic) Conservative; conventional; unimaginative.
▸ noun:  A shirt with a button-down collar

Opposite:

casual, relaxed, laid-back

Types:

oxford, dress, flannel, chambray, linen, denim, plaid, striped, more...

Phrases:

The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, more...

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