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buttonhole

noun (buttonholes); verb (buttonhole, buttonholes, buttonholed, buttonholing)

«buttonhole» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A buttonhole is a small slit in a coat or shirt through which a button is pushed. tree →
A buttonhole is a flower worn in the slit of a coat. tree →
To buttonhole someone is to stop them and make them listen to you. tree →

In the lessons

a flower placed in the buttonhole of a coat, as in a picture where «a thistle-flower was painted in the buttonhole»

Examples

She put a rose in her buttonhole. tree →
The coat had a neat buttonhole. tree →
He buttonholed me to talk about his dog. tree →

Note

nothing for maths.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «buttonhole» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«buttonhole» in the school dictionary on Mova free.

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