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Button Hole

Definition: Button Hole

Button Hole

Noun

1. A hole through which buttons are pushed.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Button Hole

Synonym: buttonhole (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Button Hole

Specialty definitions using "button hole": BACK TUFTER, body makerDRILL OPERATOR, AUTOMATIC, DRILLER, HAND, driller, multiple spindlePRESS OPERATOR, PIERCE AND SHAVE, programmer operator, numerical controlSOCKET PULLER, soft tooling technicianTOOL PROGRAMMER, NUMERICAL CONTROL, TRADE MARKER. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Button Hole

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

button hole

13

sewing button hole

5

sew button hole

4

button hole machine

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Button Hole

Language Translations for "button hole"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

петелка (eye, tab). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uttonbay olehay

   

Swedish

  

blomma i knapphålet (buttonhole flower), uppehålla med prat, knapphål (buttonhole, button-hole), förse med knapphål. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

губки бантиком, обкидати петлі, бутонь"рка, петля (kink, loop, necklace, noose, ply, stitch, tag, twitch). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Button Hole

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: buttonhole.

Words within the letters "b-e-h-l-n-o-o-t-t-u"

-4 letters: blotto, bottle, bouton, button, nutlet, outlet, tenuto, tonlet, tootle, unbelt, unbolt.

-5 letters: beton, bhoot, blent, bluet, blunt, booth, botel, boule, buteo, butle, butte, helot, hotel, lento, lotte, lotto, lunet, noble, obole, tenth, thole, tooth, unlet.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-h-l-n-o-o-t-t-u"
 

+1 letter: buttonholed, buttonholer, buttonholes.

 

+2 letters: buttonholers.

 

+5 letters: troubleshooting.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Button Hole


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 75 74 74 6F 6E      48 6F 6C 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01110101 01110100 01110100 01101111 01101110 00100000 01001000 01101111 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#117 &#116 &#116 &#111 &#110 &#32 &#72 &#111 &#108 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0075 0074 0074 006F 006E      0048 006F 006C 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

368786868180242817871

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Button Hole"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводбългарски, български език, българин, bulgar, болгарський

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättningшведски, шведски език, швед, svensk, шведська мова, шведський

Ukrainian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщенняукраинец, украински език, ukrainare, український, українець

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationанглийски език, английски, англичаните, engelsk, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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