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Meaning of button-down | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Of a collar, able to be buttoned down to the shirt, as over a necktie.
Serious; staid; businesslike.
idiomatic
Conservative; conventional; unimaginative.
idiomatic

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

button-on buttonable buttondown buttoned buttoned up buttoned-up