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Meaning of buttonmaking | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The manufacture of buttons.

uncountable

Examples

“Catastrophically for Dorset buttony, Ashton's buttonmaking machine was invented in 1850 and proudly exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851. As a consequence of this invention, the Dorset cottage industry collapsed virtually overnight […]”

CEFR level

C1

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

See also

buttonmould buttonologist buttonology buttonpress buttonpusher buttonquail