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Meaning of button-down | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

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

CEFR level

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

button-on buttonable buttondown buttoned buttoned up buttoned-up

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