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Meaning of button seal | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A small circular seal (imprinting device) of a type used in Ancient Egypt and the Near East.

Examples

“Crete now takes its proper place as a half-way house between Egypt and the AEgean. The seals of the period show on them primitive pictographs that are certainly derived from the pictographs of the so-called button seals of Egypt.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

button snakeroot button spider button squash button stick button wrinklewort button-basher