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Definition: Push Button |
Push ButtonNoun1. An electrical switch operated by pressing a button; "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Push ButtonSynonyms: button (n), push (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Push Button |
| English words defined with "push button": bell, buzzer ♦ doorbell ♦ mouse button ♦ reset button. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "push button": assembler, latches and springs ♦ canceling release mechanical system, cancelling release mechanical system ♦ depressing force, DRIER TENDER ♦ PUSH-CONNECTOR ASSEMBLER ♦ safety light. (references) |
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High Tech |
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Consumer Goods |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
push button switch | 49 |
push button lock | 20 |
push button light switch | 11 |
push button starter | 9 |
push button object | 8 |
push button door lock | 5 |
push button knife | 4 |
push button lead | 3 |
push button phone | 3 |
push button station | 2 |
push button publishing | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "push button"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sumbull (button, pressbutton), me komandim automatik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هاتف اللمس, تليفون اللمس, زر (button, powder), ضغط على زر ما, الضاغط زر الكهرباء. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | бутон на звънец. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 電鈕 , 按鈕 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | knoflík (button, knob, stud, switch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | trykknap (button, control knob, control lever, handle, key, push-button, self-starter, starter button, starter push button), startkontakt (button, control knob, self-starter, starter button, starter push button), startknap (button, control knob, self-starter, starter button, starter push button), betjeningsknap (button, control knob, self-starter, starter button, starter push button). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | startdrukknop (button, control knob, self-starter, starter button, starter push button), druktoets (key). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | poussoir (pusher), démarreur (starter push button), bouton-poussoir (push-button, starter push button), bouton de démarrage (starter push button), bouton de commande du démarreur (starter push button), bouton, appuyer sur un poussoir. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Druckknopf (press button, press stud, snap, snap fastener). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κομβίο εκκινητή (button, control knob, self-starter, starter button, starter push button), πιεζόμενο κουμπί, ηλεκτρικό κομβίο, διακόπτης μίζας (button, control knob, self-starter, starter button, starter push button). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לחיץ (button, compartmentalize, extrapolate, knobbutton, partition, pressbutton, screen off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nyomógombos, nyomógomb (button, press button). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pulsante (button, key, pulsating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ushpay uttonbay botão de arranque (kick-starter). (various references) buton de comandã. (various references) кнопка (button, drawing pin, fastener, go button, knob, pushbutton, pushpin, tack, thumbtack, tin tack). (various references) taster, na dugme (press button), dugme za pritiskanje (press button), automatski (automatic, automatical). (various references) pulsador (button). (various references) tryckknapps-, tryckknapp (press stud, press-stud, push, push-bottom, pushbutton, snap, snap fastener). (various references) tuşlu, tuş (digital, fall, key, touch), elektrik düğmesi (electric switch, key, press button), düğme ile çalışan, düğme (button, switch). (various references) knopka (r) (button). (various references) натискна кнопка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-h-n-o-p-s-t-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: outhunts. | |
-3 letters: buttons, outhunt, outpush, outputs, putouts, shutout. | |
-4 letters: button, bututs, output, puntos, putons, putout, tophus, unshut, unstop, upshot. | |
-5 letters: bhuts, bonus, bosun, botts, bouts, bunts, butts, butut, hunts, ouphs, phons, phots, phuts, pouts, punto, punts, puton, putto, putts, shott, shout, shunt, snout, south, spout, stopt, stoup, stout, stunt, sunup, thous, tonus, tophs, touts. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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