| inglese > italiano | |
| button | |
| 1. sost. bottone, pulsante, tasto | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| button | |
| 1. subst. A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. |  |
| April fastened the buttons of her overcoat to keep out the wind. |  |
| 2. subst. A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism. |  |
| Pat pushed the button marked "shred" on the blender. |  |
| 3. subst. (graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function. |  |
| Click the button that looks like a house to return to your browser's home page. |  |
| 4. subst. (US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric. |  |
| The politician wore a bright yellow button with the slogan "Vote Smart" emblazoned on it. |  |
| 5. subst. (botany) A bud. |  |
| 6. subst. (slang) The clitoris. |  |
| 7. subst. (curling) The center (bullseye) of the house. |  |
| 8. subst. (fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil. |  |
| 9. subst. (poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button. |  |
| 10. subst. (poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button. |  |
| 11. subst. A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement marking painted stripe. |  |
| 12. subst. (South Africa, slang) A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug). |  |
| 13. subst. A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door. |  |
| 14. subst. A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion. |  |
| 15. subst. A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass. |  |
| 16. subst. A small white blotch on a cat's coat. |  |
| 17. subst. (archaic) A unit of length equal to 1/12 of an inch. |  |
| 18. subst. The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence. |  |
| 19. subst. (lutherie) In a violin-family instrument, the near semi-circular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck. |  |
| 20. subst. (lutherie) (synonym of endbutton). |  |
| 21. subst. (lutherie, bowmaking) (synonym of adjuster). |  |
| 22. subst. The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot. |  |
| 23. subst. (comedy) The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene). |  |
| Your sketch was hilarious but the button didn't even make me laugh, which is a problem; the button should be the strongest line in your scene. |  |
| 24. v. To fasten with a button. |  |
| 25. v. (intransitive) To be fastened by a button or buttons. |  |
| The coat will not button. |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| bottone | |
| 1. subst. button |  |
| 2. subst. (botany) bud |  |