Button

What “Button” means

Noun

1. A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
2. A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
3. An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
4. A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
5. A bud.

Verb

1. To fasten with a button.
2. To be fastened by a button or buttons.
3. To stop talking.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English boton, botoun, from Old French boton (Modern French bouton), from Old French bouter, boter (“to push; thrust”), ultimately from a Germanic language. Doublet of bouton, Biden, and beat. More at butt.

From Middle English butonen, botonen, from the noun (see above).

Business name ideas with “Button”

Industries where “Button” fits

We suggest this word for 1 business types and industries, including:

• Fastener, Button, Needle, and Pin Manufacturing