buttonhole.
A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
Meaning & usage
A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration. So shaped that it can be worn on a buttonhole or it is similar to a buttonhole.
A small slotlike cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel.
The mouth, nose or eyes of a tiny appearance.
The vagina, a coin slot.
The butthole (anus).
Where this word comes from
Originally buttonhold (“a loop of string to hold a button down”), but changed by folk etymology by influence of hole. By surface analysis, button + hole.
To detain (a person) in conversation against their will.
To cut one or more buttonholes (in).
To sew by buttonhole stitch.
To make a small slot-like incision in (intentionally or unintentionally).
To apply a flowery formation in.
To attain buttonhole-like formations on cutting.
Where this word comes from
Originally buttonhold (“a loop of string to hold a button down”), but changed by folk etymology by influence of hole. By surface analysis, button + hole.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.