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buttonholed

/bˈʌtənhˌoʊld/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
but-ton-holed
IPA
/bˈʌtənhˌoʊld/
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of buttonhole

Questions

How do you pronounce buttonholed?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˈʌtənhˌoʊld/.
What does buttonholed mean?
simple past and past participle of buttonhole

How to pronounce buttonholed

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