Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

collar button

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: col-lar but-ton
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A button for fastening a collar.

Example Sentences

"Take a tip—Flat collar buttons don’t roll under the bed nor stick out like a wart on the back of your neck—Thomas & Messing 10c."
"“I got that dimple from sleeping with my face on a collar button,” coldly explained the dentistress."
"There are sporty ones with tracksuits, straight backs and gelled hair; slumping city types fresh from work with their collar buttons undone; solitary, lumpy, middle-aged guys; and an original hippy with orange trousers and a hat that is unnecessarily tall."

Inflected Forms

collar buttons (plural) collar-button (alternative) collarbutton (alternative)

Phrases

collar-button abscess

Questions

What does collar button mean?: A button for fastening a collar.

How to pronounce collar button

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