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button-down

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but·ton-down (btn-doun)
adj.
1. Having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons: a button-down shirt.
2. also but·toned-down (btnd-) Conservative, conventional, or unimaginative: "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-gray world of business" (Newsweek).
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button-down
button-down shirt

button-down
adj
1. (Clothing & Fashion) (of a collar) having points that are fastened to the garment with buttons
2. (Clothing & Fashion) (of a shirt) having a button-down collar
3. (Clothing & Fashion) Also buttoned-down conventional or conservative a button-down corporate culture
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.button-down - unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek
conventional - unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"
2.button-down - of a shirt; having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons; "Brooks Brothers button-down shirts"
buttoned, fastened - furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike
Translations
button-down [ˈbʌtndaʊn] ADJ [shirt] → con cuello de botones; [collar] → de botones
button-down
adj button-down collarButton-down-Kragen m


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