English-Thai Dictionary

butt

N ด้าน ปลาย ที่ ใหญ่ ของ ที่จับ  handle dan-plai-ti-yai-kong-ti-jab

 

butt

N ตัวตลก  tua-ta-lok

 

butt

N ถัง ขนาดใหญ่  ถัง ใส่ เหล้าองุ่น  cask thang-ka-nad-yai

 

butt

N ส่วน ก้น  สะโพก  suan kon

 

butt

SL ก้น  สะโพก  kon

 

butt

VT ขวิด  khwid

 

butt in

PHRV พูด ขัดจังหวะ  phud-khad-jang-wa

 

butt in

PHRV ยุ่ง  ทำให้ ยุ่ง  เสือก  yung

 

butte

N ภูเขา ที่ ตั้งอยู่ ลูก เดียว  poo-khao-ti-tang-yoo-look-diao

 

butter

N เนย  noei

 

butter up to

PHRV ประจบ  สอพลอ  ประจบประแจง  pra-job

 

butterball

N คน อ้วน เจ้าเนื้อ  kon-uan-chao-nua

 

buttercream

N ส่วนผสม ของ เนย และ น้ำตาล ที่ ใช้ แต่งหน้า เค้ก  suan-pa-som-kong-noei-lae-nam-tan-ti-chai-taeng-na-khek

 

buttercup

N ต้นไม้ ป่า มีด อก เล็ก สีเหลือง  รูปร่าง เหมือน ถ้วย  ton-mai-pa-me-dok-lek-se-lueang-rub-rang-muean-tuai

 

butterfat

N เนย เหลว  nei-leo

 

butterfingered

A ที่ เหมือน คน ซุ่มซ่าม เงอะงะ  ti-muan-kon-soom-sarm-nger-nga

 

butterfingers

N คนที่ ทำ ของ ตกหล่น บ่อย  kon-ti-tham-kong-tok-lon-boi

 

butterfingers

SL คำ เรียก คนที่ ไม่ สามารถ ยึด  ถือ สิ่งใด ไว้ ได้  kham-riak-kon-ti-mai-sa-mad-yued thue-sing-dai-wai-dai

 

butterfish

N ปลา จาระ เม็ด  pompano pla-ja-ra-med

 

butterfly

N การ ว่ายน้ำ ท่า ผีเสื้อ  kan-wai-nam-tha-phi-suea

 

butterfly

N คนโง่ หรือ คนที่ ไม่ใส่ใจ ใน เรื่อง ใดๆ  scatterbrain kon-ngo-rue-kon-ti-mai-sai-jai-nai-rueang-dai-dai

 

butterfly

N ผีเสื้อ  phi-suea

 

butterflyfish

N ปลา ทะเลช นิดหนึ่ง มี เหงือก กว้าง  plar-ta-le-cha-nid-nueng-mi-nguag-kwarng

 

buttermilk

N นมเปรี้ยวช นิดหนึ่ง  nom-piaol-cha-nid-nueng

 

butternut

N ผลไม้ เปลือก แข็งช นิดหนึ่ง ให้ น้ำมัน เหลว  pol-mai-pluag-kaeng-cha-nid-nueng-hai-nam-man-leo

 

butterscotch

N ขนมหวานช นิดหนึ่ง  nom-piaol-cha-nid-nueng

 

butterscotch

N ซอสช นิดหนึ่ง  sod-cha-nid-nueng

 

butterweed

N ต้นไม้ ป่าช นิดหนึ่ง มีด อก สีเหลือง  ton-mai-par-cha-nid-nueng-dok-si-luang

 

butterwort

N ต้นไม้ช นิดหนึ่ง มี ใบ เหนียว ใช้ ดัก แมลง  ton-mai-cha-nid-nueng-mi-bai-niao-chai-dak-ma-laeng

 

buttery

ADJ ทา เนย  เหมือน เนย  ประกอบด้วย เนย  ta nei muean-nei pra-kob-duai-nei

 

buttock

N สะโพก  sa-pok

 

buttocks

N บั้นท้าย  ก้น  ตะโพก  ส่วน ท้าย ของ เรือ  bottom ban-tai

 

button

N กระดุม  ดุม  ลูก ดุม  frog ka-dum

 

button

N ปุ่ม  สวิตช์  pum

 

button

VT กลัด  กลัดกระดุม  ใส่ กระดุม  ติดกระดุม  klad

 

button through

PHRV ติดกระดุม จาก ส่วน บน ลง ล่าง  tid-kra-dum-jak-suan-bon-long-lang

 

button up

PHRV ติดกระดุม  tid-kra-dum

 

button up

PHRV ทำให้ สมบูรณ์  ทำให้ เสร็จ  ทำให้ เรียบร้อย  tham-hai-som-bun

 

button up

PHRV เงียบ (คำ สแลง  ngiab

 

button-down

ADJ ป 

 

buttonbush

N ไม้พุ่มช นิดหนึ่ง มีด อก กลม  mai-poom-cha-nid-nueng-mi-dok-klom

 

buttonhole

N รังดุม  รังดุม เสื้อผ้า  eyelet rang-dum

 

buttons

N คนรับใช้ ผู้ชาย  kon-rab-chai-poo-chai

 

buttonwood

N ต้นไม้ช นิดหนึ่ง ใช้ ทำ บ้าน และ ของใช้ ใน บ้าน  ton-mai-cha-nid-nueng-chai-tam-barn-lae-kong-chai-nai-barn

 

buttress

N โครงสร้าง ที่ เป็น ส่วน ค้ำจุน  strut krong-sang-ti-pen-suan-kam-jun

 

buttress

VT ส่วน ที่ ค้ำจุน  ส่วน ที่ ค้ำ  suan-ti-kam-jun

 

buttress up

PHRV ทำให้ เข้มแข็ง  ทำให้ เข็ม เข็ง  tham-hai-kem-kaeng

 

buttress up

PHRV สร้าง ให้ แข็งแรง (อาคาร หรือ สิ่งก่อสร้าง  sang-hai-kaeng-rang

 

butty

N แซนด์วิช  saen-wid

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BUTT

n.[See But. ] Literally, end, furthest point. Hence, a mark to be shot at; the point where a mark is set or fixed to be shot at. 1. The point to which a purpose or effort is directed.
2. The object of aim; the thing against which an attack is directed. Hence,
3. The person at whom ridicule, jests or contempt are directed; as the butt of ridicule.
4. A push or thrust given by the head of an animal, as the butt of a ram; also, a thrust in fencing.
5. A cask whose contents are 126 gallons of wine, or two hogsheads; called also a pipe. A butt of beer is 1 8 gallons, and from 15 to 22 weight of currants is a butt.
6. The end of a plank in a ship's side or bottom.
7. A particular kind of hinge for doors, etc.

 

BUTT

v.i.[L. peto. ] To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head against, as an ox or a ram.

 

BUTTER

n.[L. butyrum.] An oily substance obtained from cream or milk by churning. Agitation separates the fat or oily part of milk from the thin or serous part, called butter-milk. Butter, in the old chimistry, was applied to various preparations; as,
Butter of antimony, now called the sublimated muriate of antimony, and made by distilling a mixture of corrosive sublimate and the regulus.
Butter of arsenic, sublimated muriate of arsenic, made by a like process.
Butter of bismuth, sublimated muriate of bismuth.
Butter of tin, sublimated muriate of tin.
Butter of zink, sublimated muriate of zink.
Butter of cacao, is an oily concrete white matter obtained from the cacao nut, made by bruising the nut and boiling it in water.
Butter of wax, the oleaginous part of wax, obtained by distillation, and of a butyraceous consistence.

 

BUTTER

v.t.To smear with butter. 1. To increase the stakes at every throw or every game; a cant term among gamesters.

 

BUTTER-BUMP

n.The bittern.

 

BUTTER-BURR

n.A plant, a species of Tussilago, or Colt's-foot, called petasites, growing in wet land, with large leaves.

 

BUTTER-CUPS

n.A name given to a species of Ranunculus or crow-foot, with bright yellow flowers; called also golden-cup.

 

BUTTER-FLOWER

n.A yellow flower.

 

BUTTERFLY

n.[from the color of a yellow species. ] Papilio, a genus of insects, of the order of lepidopters. They have four wings imbricated with a kind of downy scales; the tongue is convoluted in a spiral form; and the body is hairy. The species are numerous. Butter-flies proceed from the crysalids of caterpillars; caterpillars proceed from eggs deposited by butterflies; they then change into crysalids, which produce butterflies, which again deposit their eggs.

 

BUTTERFLY-SHELL

n.A genus of testaceous `molluscas, with a spiral unilocular shell; called voluta.

 

BUTTERIS

n.An instrument of steel set in wood, for paring the hoof of a horse.

 

BUTTER-MILK

n.The milk that remains after the butter is separated from it. Johnson calls this whey; but whey is the thin part of the milk after the curd or cheese is separated. Butter-milk in America is not called whey.

 

BUTTERNUT

n.[butter and nut. ] The fruit of an American tree, the Juglans cinerea; so called from the oil it contains. The tree bears a resemblance, in its general appearance, to the walnut, or black walnut, so called. It is sometimes called oilnut and white walnut. The tree is called also butternut or butternut-tree. Dr. M. Cutler calls it Juglans Cathartica.

 

BUTTER-PRINT, BUTTER-STAMP

n.A piece of carved wood, used to mark cakes of butter.

 

BUTTER-TOOTH

n.A broad fore tooth.

 

BUTTER-WIFE, BUTTER-WOMAN

n.A woman who sells butter.

 

BUTTERWORT

n.A species of Pinguicula, a plant growing on bogs or soft grounds. The leaves are covered with soft pellucid prickles, which secrete a glutinous liquor; and milk, in which these are steeped, or washed, acquires, in a day or two, consistency, and is an agreeable food, used in the north of Sweden.

 

BUTTERY

a.[from butter. ] Having the qualities or appearance of butter.

 

BUTTERY

n.An apartment in a house, where butter, milk, provisions and utensils are kept. In some colleges, a room where liquors, fruit and refreshments are kept for sale to the students.

 

BUTTOCK

n.The rump, or the protuberant part behind. 1. The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.

 

BUTTON

n.but'n. 1. A knob; a small ball; a catch, used to fasten together the different parts of dress, made of metal, silk, mohair, wood, etc.
2. Any knob or ball fastened to another body; a small protuberant body.
3. A bud; a gem of a plant.
4. The button of the reins of a bridle, is a ring of leather, with the reins passed through, which runs along the length of the reins.
5. A flat piece of wood, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten doors.
6. A small round mass of metal, found at the bottom of a crucible, in chimical experiments.
7. The sea-urchin, an animal which has prickles instead of feet.

 

BUTTON

v.t.but'n. To fasten with a button, or buttons; to inclose, or make secure with buttons; often followed with up, as to button up a waistcoat. 1. To dress or clothe. [Not used. ]

 

BUTTON-HOLE

n.The hole or loop in which a button is caught.

 

BUTTON-MAKER

n.One whose occupation is to make buttons.

 

BUTTON-STONE

n.A species of figured stone, or hard flint, resembling a button, consisting of two bodies which appear to be the filling up of holes in a shell. A species has been found finely striated, like a mohair button. This name is given also to a species of slate found in the marquisate of Bareith.

 

BUTTON-TREE

n.The Conocarpus, called also button-wood, a genus of plants, natives of the West-Indies.

 

BUTTON-WEED

n.A genus of plants, the Spermacoce.

 

BUTTON-WOOD

n.The Cephalanthus, a shrub of N. America, growing five or six feet high. 1. The Platanus Occidentalis, Western plane-tree, a large tree growing in N. America, producing rough balls, from which it is named. The wood is hard, and used for windlasses, wheels and blocks.

 

BUTTRESS

n.[This word appears to be composed of but, end, and truss, or some word of that family. ] 1. A prop; a wall or abutment built archwise, serving to support another wall on the outside, when very high or loaded with a heavy superstructure.
2. Any prop or support.

 

BUTTRESS

v.t.To support by a buttress; to prop.

 

BUTTRESSED

a.Supported with a buttress.

 

BUTTS

n.plu. [from butt. ] A place where archers meet to shoot at mark. Also, short pieces of land in arable ridges and furrows.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BUTT; BUT

Butt, But, n. Etym: [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll ), or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push, butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. bozan, akin to E. beat. See Beat, v. t.]

 

1. A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. Here is my journey's end, here my butt And very sea mark of my utmost sail. Shak.

 

Note: As applied to land, the word is nearly synonymous with mete, and signifies properly the end line or boundary; the abuttal.

 

2. The thicker end of anything. See But.

 

3. A mark to be shot at; a target. Sir W. Scott. The groom his fellow groom at butts defies, And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes. Dryden.

 

4. A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company. I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I thought very smart. Addison.

 

5. A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.

 

6. A thrust in fencing. To prove who gave the fairer butt, John shows the chalk on Robert's coat. Prior.

 

7. A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field. The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in cornfields. Burrill.

 

8. (Mech. ) (a ) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scrafing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint. (b ) The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib. (c ) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.

 

9. (Shipbuilding )

 

Defn: The joint where two planks in a strake meet.

 

1 . (Carp. )

 

Defn: A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc. ; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.

 

11. (Leather Trade )

 

Defn: The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.

 

12. The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice. Butt chain (Saddlery ), a short chain attached to the end of a tug. -- Butt end. The thicker end of anything. See But end, under 2d But. Amen; and make me die a good old man! That's the butt end of a mother's blessing. Shak. A butt's length, the ordinary distance from the place of shooting to the butt, or mark. -- Butts and bounds (Conveyancing ), abuttals and boundaries. In lands of the ordinary rectangular shape, butts are the lines at the ends (F. bouts ), and bounds are those on the sides, or sidings, as they were formerly termed. Burrill. -- Bead and butt. See under Bead. -- Butt and butt, joining end to end without overlapping, as planks. -- Butt weld (Mech. ), a butt joint, made by welding together the flat ends, or edges, of a piece of iron or steel, or of separate pieces, without having them overlap. See Weld. -- Full butt, headfirst with full force. [Colloq. ] "The corporal. .. ran full butt at the lieutenant. " Marryat.

 

BUTT

Butt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Butted; p. pr. & vb. n. Butting. ] Etym: [OE. butten, OF. boter to push, F. bouter. See Butt an end, and cf. Boutade. ]

 

1. To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut. [Written also but. ] And Barnsdale there doth butt on Don's well-watered ground. Drayton.

 

2. To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.] A snow-white steer before thine altar led, Butts with his threatening brows. Dryden.

 

BUTT

BUTT Butt, v. t.

 

Defn: To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head. Two harmless lambs are butting one the other. Sir H. Wotton.

 

BUTT

Butt, n. Etym: [F. botte, boute, LL. butta. Cf. Bottle a hollow vessel. ]

 

Defn: A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads.

 

Note: A wine butt contains 126 wine gallons (= 1 5 imperial gallons, nearly ); a beer butt 1 8 ale gallons (= about 11 imperial gallons ).

 

BUTT

BUTT Butt, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The common English flounder.

 

BUTTE

Butte, n. Etym: [F. See Butt a bound. ]

 

Defn: A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiar elevations in the Rocky Mountain region. The creek. .. passes by two remarkable buttes of red conglomerate. Ruxton.

 

BUTTER

But "ter, n. Etym: [OE. botere, butter, AS. butere, fr. L. butyrum,Gr. Cow. ]

 

1. An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.

 

2. Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chloridess, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao, vegetable butter, shea butter. Butter and eggs (Bot. ), a name given to several plants having flowers of two shades of yellow, as Narcissus incomparabilis, and in the United States to the toadflax (Linaria vulgaris ). -- Butter boat, a small vessel for holding melted butter at table. -- Butter flower, the buttercup, a yellow flower. -- Butter print, a piece of carved wood used to mark pats of butter; -- called also butter stamp. Locke. -- Butter tooth, either of the two middle incisors of the upper jaw. -- Butter tree (Bot. ), a tree of the genus Bassia, the seeds of which yield a substance closely resembling butter. The butter tree of India is the B. butyracea; that of Africa is the Shea tree (B.Parkii ). See Shea tree. -- Butter trier, a tool used in sampling butter. -- Butter wife, a woman who makes or sells butter; -- called also butter woman. [Obs. or Archaic ]

 

BUTTER

But "ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttered (p. pr. & vb. n. Buttering.]

 

1. To cover or spread with butter. I know what's what. I know on which side My bread is buttered. Ford.

 

2. To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game. [Cant ] Johnson.

 

BUTTER

BUTTER Butt "er, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, butts.

 

BUTTERBALL

BUTTERBALL But "ter *ball `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The buffel duck.

 

BUTTERBIRD

BUTTERBIRD But "ter *bird `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The rice bunting or bobolink; -- so called in the island of Jamaica.

 

BUTTERBUMP

But "ter *bump `, n. Etym: [OE. buttur the bittern + 5th bump. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The European bittern. Johnson.

 

BUTTERBUR

BUTTERBUR But "ter *bur `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A broad-leaved plant (Petasites vulgaris ) of the Composite family, said to have been used in England for wrapping up pats of butter.

 

BUTTERCUP

BUTTERCUP But "ter *cup `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare.

 

BUTTER-FINGERED

BUTTER-FINGERED But "ter-fin `gered, a.

 

Defn: Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless.

 

BUTTERFISH

BUTTERFISH But "ter *fish `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand.

 

BUTTERFLY

But "ter *fly `, n.; pl. Butterflies. Etym: [Perh. from the color of a yellow species. AS. buter-flege, buttor-fleóge; cf. G. butterfliege, D. botervlieg. See Butter, and Fly. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera.

 

Note: [See Illust. under Aphrodite. ] Asclepias butterfly. See under Asclepias. -- Butterfly fish (Zoöl.), the ocellated blenny (Blennius ocellaris ) of Europe. See Blenny. The term is also applied to the flying gurnard. -- Butterfly shell (Zoöl.), a shell of the genus Voluta. -- Butterfly valve (Mech. ), a kind of double clack valve, consisting of two semicircular clappers or wings hinged to a cross rib in the pump bucket. When open it somewhat resembles a butterfly in shape.

 

BUTTERINE

BUTTERINE But "ter *ine, n.

 

Defn: A substance prepared from animal fat with some other ingredients intermixed, as an imitation of butter. The manufacturers ship large quantities of oleomargarine to England, Holland, and other countries, to be manufactured into butter, which is sold as butterine or suine. Johnson's Cyc.

 

BUTTERIS

But "ter *is, n. Etym: [The same word as buttress, noun, in a different application, F. bouter to push. ] (Far. )

 

Defn: A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses.

 

BUTTERMAN

But "ter *man `, n.; pl. Buttermen (.

 

Defn: A man who makes or sells butter.

 

BUTTERMILK

BUTTERMILK But "ter *milk `, n.

 

Defn: The milk that remains after the butter is separated from the cream.

 

BUTTERNUT

BUTTERNUT But "ter *nut `, n.

 

1. (Bot. )

 

Defn: An American tree (Juglans cinerea ) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut.

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and C. nuciferum, of S. America; -- called also Souari nut.

 

BUTTER-SCOTCH

BUTTER-SCOTCH But "ter-scotch `, n.

 

Defn: A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter. [Colloq. ] Dickens.

 

BUTTERWEED

BUTTERWEED But "ter *weed `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: An annual composite plant of the Mississippi valley (Senecio lobatus ).

 

BUTTERWEIGHT

BUTTERWEIGHT But "ter *weight `, n.

 

Defn: Over weight. Swift.

 

Note: Formerly it was a custom to give 18 ounces of butter for a pound.

 

BUTTERWORT

BUTTERWORT But "ter *wort `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula ) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone.

 

BUTTERY

BUTTERY But "ter *y, a.

 

Defn: Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter.

 

BUTTERY

But "ter *y, n.; pl. Buttplwies (. Etym: [OE. botery, botry; cf. LL. botaria wine vessel; also OE. botelerie, fr. F. bouteillerie, fr. boutellie bottle. Not derived from butter. See Bottle a hollow vessel, Butt a cask. ]

 

1. An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept. All that need a cool and fresh temper, as cellars, pantries, and butteries, to the north. Sir H. Wotton.

 

2. A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and refreshments are kept for sale to the students. And the major Oxford kept the buttery bar. E. Hall.

 

3. A cellar in which butts of wine are kept. Weale. Buttery hatch, a half door between the buttery or kitchen and the hall, in old mansions, over which provisions were passed. Wright.

 

BUTT HINGE

BUTT HINGE Butt " hinge `.

 

Defn: See 1st Butt, 1 .

 

BUTTING

BUTTING But "ting, n.

 

Defn: An abuttal; a boundary. Without buttings or boundings on any side. Bp. Beveridge.

 

BUTTING JOINT

BUTTING JOINT But "ting joint `.

 

Defn: A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts; -- sometimes called abutting joint.

 

BUTT JOINT

BUTT JOINT Butt " joint `.

 

Defn: A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8.

 

BUTTOCK

But "tock, n. Etym: [From Butt an end. ]

 

1. The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump.

 

2. (Naut. )

 

Defn: The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern. Mar. Dict.

 

BUTTON

But "ton, n. Etym: [OE. boton, botoun, F. bouton button, bud, prop. something pushing out, fr. bouter to push. See Butt an end. ]

 

1. A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.

 

2. A catch, of various forms and materials, used to fasten together the different parts of dress, by being attached to one part, and passing through a slit, called a buttonhole, in the other; -- used also for ornament.

 

3. A bud; a germ of a plant. Shak.

 

4. A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door.

 

5. A globule of metal remaining onan assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion. Button hook, a hook for catching a button and drawing it through a buttonhole, as in buttoning boots and gloves. -- Button shell (Zoöl.), a small, univalve marine shell of the genus Rotella. -- Button snakeroot. (Bot. ) (a ) The American composite genus Liatris, having rounded buttonlike heads of flowers. (b ) An American umbelliferous plant with rigid, narrow leaves, and flowers in dense heads. -- Button tree (Bot. ), a genus of trees (Conocarpus ), furnishing durable timber, mostly natives of the West Indies. -- To hold by the button, to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; to buttonhole.

 

BUTTON

But "ton, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Buttoning.]Etym: [OE. botonen, OF. botoner, F. boutonner. See Button, n.]

 

1. To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make secure with buttons; -- often followed by up. He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to the throat in a tight green coat. Dickens.

 

2. To dress or clothe. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

BUTTON

BUTTON But "ton, v. i.

 

Defn: To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button.

 

BUTTONBALL

BUTTONBALL But "ton *ball `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: See Buttonwood.

 

BUTTONBUSH

BUTTONBUSH But "ton *bush `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis ) growing by the waterside; - - so called from its globular head of flowers. See Capitulum.

 

BUTTONHOLE

BUTTONHOLE But "ton *hole `, n.

 

Defn: The hole or loop in which a button is caught.

 

BUTTONHOLE

BUTTONHOLE But "ton *hole `, v. t.

 

Defn: To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour.

 

BUTTONMOLD

BUTTONMOLD But "ton *mold `, n.

 

Defn: A disk of bone, wood, or other material, which is made into a button by covering it with cloth. [Written also buttonmould.] Fossil buttonmolds, joints of encrinites. See Encrinite.

 

BUTTONS

BUTTONS But "tons, n.

 

Defn: A boy servant, or page, -- in allusion to the buttons on his livry. [Colloq. ] Dickens.

 

BUTTONWEED

BUTTONWEED But "ton *weed `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: The name of several plants of the genera Spermacoce and Diodia, of the Madder family.

 

BUTTONWOOD

BUTTONWOOD But "ton *wood `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also buttonball tree, and, in some parts of the United States, sycamore. The California buttonwood is P. racemosa.

 

BUTTONY

BUTTONY But "ton *y, a.

 

Defn: Ornamented with a large number of buttons. "The buttony boy. " Thackeray. "My coat so blue and buttony. " W. S. Gilbert.

 

BUTTRESS

But "tress, n. Etym: [OE. butrasse, boterace, fr. F. bouter to push; cf. OF. bouteret (nom. sing. and acc. pl. bouterez ) buttress. See Butt an end, and cf. Butteris. ]

 

1. (Arch. )

 

Defn: A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.

 

Note: When an external projection is used merely to stiffen a wall, it is a pier.

 

2. Anything which supports or strengthens. "The ground pillar and buttress of the good old cause of nonconformity. " South. Flying buttress. See Flying buttress.

 

BUTTRESS

But "tress, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttressed (p. pr. & vb. n.Buttressing.]

 

Defn: To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly. To set it upright again, and to prop and buttress it up for duration. Burke.

 

BUTT SHAFT

BUTT SHAFT Butt " shaft `

 

Defn: An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts; an arrow. [Also but shaft. ] Shak.

 

BUTT WELD

BUTT WELD Butt " weld `.

 

Defn: See Butt weld, under Butt.

 

BUTTWELD

BUTTWELD Butt "weld `, v. t.

 

Defn: To unite by a butt weld.

 

BUTTY

BUTTY But "ty, n. (Mining )

 

Defn: One who mines by contract, at so much per ton of coal or ore.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

butt

butt 1 |bət bət | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (of a person or animal ) hit (someone or something ) with the head or horns: she butted him in the chest with her head. • strike (the head ) against something: he butts his head against a wall. ▶noun a push or blow, typically given with the head: he would follow up with a butt from his head. PHRASES butt heads engage in conflict or be in strong disagreement: the residents continue to butt heads with the mall developers. PHRASAL VERBS butt in take part in a conversation or activity, or enter somewhere, without being invited or expected: sorry to butt in on you. butt out informal stop interfering: anyone who tries to cut across our policies should butt out. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French boter, of Germanic origin.

 

butt

butt 2 |bət bət | ▶noun the person or thing at which criticism or humor, typically unkind, is directed: his singing is the butt of dozens of jokes. • (usu. butts ) an archery or shooting target or range. • a mound on or in front of which a target is set up for archery or shooting. ORIGIN Middle English (in the archery sense ): from Old French but, of unknown origin; perhaps influenced by French butte ‘rising ground. ’

 

butt

butt 3 |bət bət | ▶noun 1 (also butt end ) the thicker end, esp. of a tool or a weapon: a rifle butt. • the square end of a plank or plate meeting the end or side of another, as in the side of a ship. • the thicker or hinder end of a hide used for leather. 2 (also butt end ) the stub of a cigar or a cigarette: the ashtray was crammed with cigarette butts. 3 informal the buttocks or anus. 4 the trunk of a tree, esp. the part just above the ground. ▶verb [ no obj. ] adjoin or meet end to end: the church butted up against the row of houses | a garden that butted up to the neighbor's. • [ with obj. ] join (pieces of stone, lumber, and other building materials ) with the ends or sides flat against each other: the floorboards will be butted up against each other to make tight seams. ORIGIN late Middle English: the noun apparently related to Dutch bot ‘stumpy, ’ also to buttock; the verb partly from butt 2, reinforced by abut .

 

butt

butt 4 |bət bət | ▶noun a cask, typically used for wine, ale, or water. • a liquid measure equal to 2 hogsheads (equivalent to 126 US gallons ). ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French bot, from late Latin buttis.

 

Butte

Butte |byo͞ot bjut | a city in southwestern Montana, noted as a mining center; pop. 32,119 (est. 2008 ).

 

butte

butte |byo͞ot bjut | ▶noun technical an isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top (similar to but narrower than a mesa ). ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French, ‘mound, ’ from Old French but, of unknown origin (compare with butt 2 ).

 

butter

but ter |ˈbətər ˈbədər | ▶noun a pale yellow edible fatty substance made by churning cream and used as a spread or in cooking. ▶verb [ with obj. ] spread (something ) with butter: she buttered the toast | (as adj. buttered ) : lavishly buttered bread. PHRASES look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth informal appear gentle or innocent while typically being the opposite. PHRASAL VERBS butter someone up informal flatter or otherwise ingratiate oneself with someone. ORIGIN Old English butere, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch boter and German Butter, based on Latin butyrum, from Greek bouturon ‘cow cheese. ’

 

butter-and-eggs

but ter-and-eggs ▶noun see toadflax.

 

butterball

but ter ball |ˈbətərˌbôl ˈbədərbɔl | ▶noun informal derogatory a fat person. • a plump bird, esp. a turkey or bufflehead.

 

butter bean

but ter bean |ˈbədər ˌbin | ▶noun a lima bean, esp. one of a variety with large flat white seeds that are usually dried.

 

butterbur

but ter bur |ˈbətərˌbər ˈbədərbər | ▶noun a Eurasian waterside plant of the daisy family, the rounded flower heads of which are produced before the leaves. The large soft leaves were formerly used to wrap butter, and extracts of the plant have long been used medicinally as a powerful anticonvulsant. [Genus Petasites, family Compositae: several species, in particular the common P. hybridus. ]

 

butter cap

butter cap ▶noun a buff-coloured woodland toadstool with a greasy cap, found in both Eurasia and North America and typically growing in tufts and often in rings. ●Collybia butyracea, family Tricholomataceae, class Hymenomycetes.

 

buttercream

but ter cream |ˈbətərˌkrēm ˈbədərˌkrim | ▶noun a soft mixture of butter and powdered sugar used as a filling or topping for a cake.

 

buttercup

but ter cup |ˈbətərˌkəp ˈbədərˌkəp | ▶noun a herbaceous plant with bright yellow cup-shaped flowers, common in grassland and as a garden weed. All kinds are poisonous and generally avoided by livestock. [Genus Ranunculus, family Ranunculaceae (the buttercup family ): numerous species, including the very familiar common buttercup (R. acris ). This large family also includes anemones, celandines, aconites, clematises, and hellebores, many of which have poisonous seeds. ]

 

buttercup squash

but ter cup squash ▶noun a winter squash of a variety with dark green skin and orange flesh.

 

butterfat

but ter fat |ˈbətərˌfat ˈbədərˌfæt | ▶noun the natural fat contained in milk and dairy products.

 

Butterfield, William

Butter |field |ˈbʌtəˌfiːld | (1814 –1900 ), English architect, an exponent of the Gothic revival. Notable designs: Keble College, Oxford (1867 –83 ).

 

butterfingers

but ter fin gers |ˈbətərˌfiNGgərz ˈbədərˌfɪŋɡərz | ▶noun ( pl. same ) informal a clumsy person, esp. one who fails to hold a catch. • clumsiness in handling something: fumbling for the ball with butterfingers. DERIVATIVES but ter fin gered adjective

 

butterfish

but ter fish |ˈbətərˌfiSH ˈbədərˌfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or butterfishes ) any of a number of fishes with oily flesh or slippery skin, in particular: [● a deep-bodied edible fish of temperate and tropical seas (family Stromateidae ), in particular Peprilus triacanthus of eastern North America. ● another term for gunnel 1 ● an Australasian reef fish (family Odacidae ), in particular the edible Odax pullus of New Zealand, which has green bones and feeds on kelp. ● a tropical freshwater or marine fish that is popular in aquariums (several families, including Scatophagidae ).]

 

butterfly

but ter fly |ˈbətərˌflī ˈbədərˌflaɪ | ▶noun ( pl. butterflies ) an insect with two pairs of large wings that are covered with tiny scales, usually brightly colored, and typically held erect when at rest. Butterflies fly by day, have clubbed or dilated antennae, and usually feed on nectar. [Superfamilies Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea, order Lepidoptera: several families. Formerly placed in a grouping known as the Rhopalocera. Compare with moth . ] • a showy or frivolous person: a social butterfly. • (butterflies ) informal a fluttering and nauseated sensation felt in the stomach when one is nervous. • (in full butterfly stroke ) [ in sing. ] a stroke in swimming in which both arms are raised out of the water and lifted forward together. • [ as modifier ] having a two-lobed shape resembling the spread wings of a butterfly: a butterfly clip. ▶verb ( butterflies, butterflying, butterflied ) [ with obj. ] split (a piece of meat ) almost in two and spread it out flat: (as adj. butterflied ) : butterflied shrimp. ORIGIN Old English, from butter + fly 2; perhaps from the cream or yellow color of common species, or from an old belief that the insects stole butter.

 

butterfly bush

but ter fly bush ▶noun a Chinese buddleia that is cultivated in the West for its large spikes of fragrant purplish-lilac or white flowers, which are highly attractive to butterflies. [Buddleia davidii, family Loganiaceae. ]

 

butterfly cake

butter |fly cake ▶noun Brit. a small sponge cake with its top cut off and divided into two pieces, which are then fixed to the cake with buttercream at an angle to resemble a butterfly's wings.

 

butterfly effect

but ter fly ef fect |ˈbədərˌflaɪ əˈfɛkt | ▶noun (with reference to chaos theory ) the phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere. ORIGIN 1980s: from the notion that a butterfly fluttering in Rio de Janeiro could change the weather in Chicago.

 

butterflyfish

but ter fly fish |ˈbətərˌflaɪfiSH ˈbətərˌflaɪfɪʃ | ▶noun 1 any of a number of typically brightly colored or boldly marked fish of warm waters, in particular: [● a reef-dwelling fish that is popular in marine aquariums (Chaetodon and other genera, family Chaetodontidae ). ● a predatory marine fish that bears long venomous spines (genus Pterois, family Scorpaenidae ).] 2 a West African freshwater fish with large pectoral fins used in leaping out of the water and long fin rays used as stilts. [Pantodon buchholzi, the only member of the family Pantodontidae. ]

 

butterfly knife

but ter fly knife ▶noun a long broad knife used in pairs in some forms of kung fu.

 

butterfly net

but ter fly net ▶noun a fine-meshed bag supported on a frame at the end of a handle for catching butterflies. • humorous such a net supposedly dropped over a person in order to take the person away to a mental hospital: the men with the butterfly nets will be sitting on the foot of my bed.

 

butterfly nut

but ter fly nut ▶noun another term for wing nut.

 

butterfly orchid

but ter fly or chid ▶noun an epiphytic wild orchid of South America with large yellow and red flowers that somewhat resemble a butterfly in shape. [Oncidium papilio, family Orchidaceae. ]

 

butterfly ray

butter |fly ray ▶noun a small ray of warm coastal waters with very broad triangular fins. ●Family Gymnuridae and genus Gymnura: several species, including G. natalensis.

 

butterfly stroke

but ter fly stroke ▶noun another term for butterfly (in swimming ).

 

butterfly valve

but ter fly valve ▶noun 1 a valve consisting of a disk rotating on an axis across the diameter of a pipe to regulate the flow, as in the throttles of many engines. 2 a valve consisting of a pair of semicircular plates that are attached to a spindle across a pipe and hinged to allow flow only one way.

 

butterfly weed

but ter fly weed ▶noun a North American milkweed with bright orange flowers that are attractive to butterflies. [Asclepias tuberosa, family Asclepiadaceae. ]

 

butterhead lettuce

but ter head let tuce |ˈbətərˌhed ˈletəs ˌbətərhɛd ˈlɛtəs | ▶noun a class of lettuce varieties having soft leaves that grow in a loose head.

 

butter icing

but ter ic ing ▶noun another term for buttercream.

 

butter knife

but ter knife |ˈbədər naɪf | ▶noun a blunt knife used for cutting or spreading butter or other similar spreads.

 

buttermilk

but ter milk |ˈbətərˌmilk ˈbədərˌmɪlk | ▶noun the slightly sour liquid left after butter has been churned, used in baking or consumed as a drink. • a pale yellow color (used esp. to describe paint or wallpaper ): [ as modifier ] : buttermilk paintwork.

 

butter muslin

but ¦ter mus ¦lin ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. loosely woven cotton cloth, formerly used for wrapping butter.

 

butternut

but ter nut |ˈbətərˌnət ˈbədərˌnət | ▶noun 1 a North American walnut tree that bears oblong sticky fruits. Its light-colored, soft timber is useful primarily for making furniture and cabinetry. Also called white walnut. [Juglans cinerea, family Juglandaceae. ] • the edible oily nut of this tree. 2 historical, informal a Confederate soldier or supporter (so called because the fabric of the Confederate uniform was typically homespun and dyed with butternut extract ).

 

butternut squash

but ter nut squash ▶noun a popular winter squash of a variety that has a bell-shaped fruit with sweet orange-yellow flesh.

 

butterscotch

but ter scotch |ˈbətərˌskäCH ˈbədərˌskɑtʃ | ▶noun a flavor created originally by combining melted butter with brown sugar: [ as modifier ] : butterscotch syrup. • a candy with this flavor.

 

butter tart

but ter tart |ˈbədər tɑːrt | ▶noun Canadian a tart with a filling of butter, eggs, brown sugar, and, typically, raisins.

 

butterweed

but ter weed |ˈbətərˌwēd ˈbətərwid | ▶noun a yellow-flowered plant of the daisy family, closely related to ragwort. [Genus Senecio, family Compositae: several species, including the common butterweed (S. vulgaris ) of the Pacific states and Bolander's butterweed (S. bolanderi ), found esp. along the Pacific coast of North America. ]

 

butterwort

but ter wort |ˈbətərˌwərt, -ˌwôrt ˈbədərwərt | ▶noun a carnivorous bog plant that has violet flowers borne above a rosette of yellowish-green greasy leaves that trap and digest small insects. It is native to both Eurasia and North America. [Genus Pinguicula, family Lentibulariaceae: several species, in particular the common butterwort (P. vulgaris ).] ORIGIN late 16th cent.

 

buttery

but ter y 1 |ˈbətərē ˈbətri | ▶adjective containing or tasting like butter: layers of flaky buttery pastry. • covered with butter: buttery fingers. DERIVATIVES but ter i ness noun

 

buttery

but ter y 2 |ˈbətri ˈbətərē | ▶noun ( pl. butteries ) a pantry, or a room for storing wine and liquor. • Brit. a room, esp. in a college, where food is kept and sold to students. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French boterie ‘storeroom for casks, ’ from Old French bot (see butt 4 ).

 

butthead

butt head |ˈbətˌhed ˈbətˌhɛd | ▶noun informal a stupid or stubborn person: only a butthead would drive a car like that.

 

butt hinge

butt hinge ▶noun a hinge attached to the abutting surfaces of a door and a door jamb.

 

buttinsky

butt in sky |bətˈinskē bəˈtɪnski | ▶noun ( pl. buttinskies ) a person who habitually butts in; an intruder or meddler.

 

butt joint

butt joint ▶noun (of wood, metal, etc. ) a joint formed by two surfaces abutting at right angles.

 

buttle

but tle |ˈbətl bədl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] humorous work as a butler: there is no one today worth buttling for . ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: back-formation from butler .

 

butt naked

butt naked |bʌt ˈneɪkɪd | ▶adjective informal completely naked.

 

buttock

but tock |ˈbətək ˈbədək | ▶noun either of the two round fleshy parts that form the lower rear area of a human trunk. • (buttocks ) the rump of an animal. ORIGIN Old English buttuc, probably from the base of butt 3 + -ock .

 

buttock line

but |tock line ▶noun each of a series of longitudinal lines or curves marked on a plan of a ship to show its fore-and-aft sections at various distances from the centre line.

 

button

but ton |ˈbətn ˈbətn | ▶noun a small disk or knob sewn onto a garment, either to fasten it by being pushed through a slit made for the purpose, or for decoration: a blouse with five buttons in front | [ as modifier ] : button thread. • a knob on a piece of electrical or electronic equipment that is pressed to operate it. • a badge bearing a design or slogan and pinned to the clothing. • a small, round object resembling a button: chocolate buttons. • Fencing a knob fitted to the point of a foil to make it harmless. ▶verb [ with obj. ] fasten (clothing ) with buttons: he buttoned up his jacket. • (button someone into ) fasten the buttons of a garment being worn by (someone ): he buttoned himself into the raincoat. • [ no obj. ] (of a garment ) be fastened with buttons: a dress that buttons down the front. • (button it ) [ often in imperative ] informal stop talking. PHRASES button one's lip informal stop or refrain from talking. on the button informal punctually: it was nearly visiting hours and she would arrive on the button. • exactly right: his prediction was right on the button in terms of actual rainfall. press the button informal initiate an action or train of events, esp. nuclear war. push (or press ) someone's buttons informal arouse or provoke a reaction in someone: stay cool and don't allow them to push your buttons. PHRASAL VERBS button something up 1 informal complete or conclude something satisfactorily: trying to button up a deal. 2 repress or contain something: it was repressive enough to keep public opinion buttoned up. DERIVATIVES but ton less adjective, but toned adjective [ in combination ] : a gold-buttoned blazer ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French bouton, of Germanic origin and related to butt 1 .

 

Button, Jenson

Button, Jenson |ˈbʌt (ə )n | (b.1980 ), English motor-racing driver; full name Jenson Alexander Lyons Button. He won the Formula One world championship in 2009.

 

button-back

button-back ▶noun [ as modifier ] denoting a chair or sofa with a quilted back, the stitching being hidden by buttons: a button-back antique chair.

 

buttonball tree

but ton ball tree |ˈbətnˌbôl ˈbətnˌbɔl triː | ▶noun another term for sycamore ( sense 1 ).

 

buttonbush

but ton bush |ˈbətnˌbo͝oSH ˈbətnbʊʃ | ▶noun a low-growing North American aquatic shrub of the bedstraw family, with small tubular flowers that form globular flower heads. [Cephalanthus occidentalis, family Rubiaceae. ]

 

button chrysanthemum

but ¦ton chrys |an ¦the ¦mum ▶noun a variety of chrysanthemum with small spherical flowers.

 

button-down

but ton-down |ˈbətn ˌdaʊn | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] (of a collar ) having points that are buttoned to the garment. • (of a shirt ) having such a collar. • (of a person ) conservative or unimaginative. ▶noun a shirt with a button-down collar.

 

buttoned-up

but toned-up ▶adjective 1 reserved and not inclined to reveal information: Fleischer's buttoned-up style. 2 secured to the maximum degree against attack: the tank had been buttoned up and had not been seriously damaged.

 

button grass

but ¦ton grass ▶noun [ mass noun ] chiefly Austral. a grass or sedge with compact rounded flowering heads. ● a large tufted sedge (Gymnoschoenus spaerocephalus, family Cyperaceae ). ● an annual grass (Dactyloctenium radulans, family Gramineae ).

 

buttonhole

but ton hole |ˈbətnˌhōl ˈbətnˌhoʊl | ▶noun a slit made in a garment to receive a button for fastening. • Brit. a boutonnière. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 informal attract the attention of and detain (someone ) in conversation, typically against his or her will. 2 make slits for receiving buttons in (a garment ).

 

buttonholer

but ton hol er |ˈbətnˌhōlər ˈbətnhoʊlər | ▶noun an attachment for a sewing machine used to make buttonholes.

 

buttonhole stitch

but ton hole stitch ▶noun a looped stitch used for edging buttonholes or pieces of material: the edges are worked in buttonhole stitch.

 

buttonhook

but ton hook |ˈbətnˌho͝ok ˈbətnhʊk | ▶noun 1 a small hook with a long handle for fastening tight buttons (often formerly on buttoned boots or gloves ). 2 Football a play in which a pass receiver runs straight downfield and then doubles back sharply toward the line of scrimmage.

 

button man

but ton man ▶noun informal a hired killer.

 

button mushroom

but ton mush room |ˈbətn ˈməʃˌrum | ▶noun a young unopened mushroom.

 

button quail

but ton quail ▶noun a small quaillike Old World bird related to the rails, with only three toes. [Family Turnicidae and genus Turnix: several species, including the widespread barred button quail (T. suscitator ) of Asia. ]

 

Buttons

But tons |ˈbətnz ˈbətnz | ▶noun Brit. informal a nickname for a liveried pageboy, esp. in pantomimes. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from the rows of buttons on his jacket.

 

button spider

but ¦ton spider ▶noun a highly venomous African spider which is a close relative of the American black widow. ●A subspecies of Latrodectus mactans, family Theridiidae.

 

button-through

button-through Brit. ▶adjective (of clothing ) fastened with buttons from top to bottom. ▶noun a button-through dress.

 

buttonwood

but ton wood |ˈbətnˌwo͝od ˈbətnwʊd | ▶noun 1 (also buttonwood tree ) another term for sycamore ( sense 1 ). 2 either of two mangroves native mainly to tropical America, used in the production of tanbark and for charcoal. [Conocarpus erectus (the button mangrove ) and Laguncularia racemosa, family Combretaceae. ]

 

buttress

but tress |ˈbətris ˈbətrəs | ▶noun 1 a projecting support of stone or brick built against a wall. • a projecting portion of a hill or mountain. 2 a source of defense or support: there was a demand for a new stable order as a buttress against social collapse. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 provide (a building or structure ) with projecting supports built against its walls: (as adj. buttressed ) : a buttressed wall. 2 increase the strength of or justification for; reinforce: authority was buttressed by religious belief. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French (ars ) bouterez ‘thrusting (arch ),’ from boter ‘to strike, thrust ’ (see butt 1 ).

 

buttress root

but tress root ▶noun a tree root whose upper, exposed parts project from the trunk like a buttress.

 

butt ugly

butt ug ly ▶adjective informal extremely unattractive.

 

butty

butty 1 |ˈbʌti |(also buttie ) ▶noun ( pl. butties ) informal, chiefly N. English a filled or open sandwich: a bacon butty. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from butter + -y 2 .

 

butty

butty 2 |ˈbʌti | ▶noun ( pl. butties ) Brit. 1 informal (among miners ) a friend or workmate. 2 historical a middleman negotiating between miners and the mine owner. 3 (also butty boat ) an unpowered freight barge intended to be towed. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: probably from booty 1 in the phrase play booty ‘join in sharing plunder ’.

 

Oxford Dictionary

butt

butt 1 |bʌt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (of a person or animal ) hit (someone or something ) with the head or horns: she butted him in the chest. • strike (one's head ) against something. ▶noun a push or blow, especially one given with the head. PHRASES butt heads N. Amer. informal engage in conflict or be in strong disagreement. PHRASAL VERBS butt in interrupt or intrude on a conversation or activity: sorry to butt in on you. butt out N. Amer. informal stop interfering: politicians should butt out of these cases. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French boter, of Germanic origin.

 

butt

butt 2 |bʌt | ▶noun 1 the person or thing at which criticism or ridicule is directed: his singing is the butt of dozens of jokes. 2 (usu. butts ) an archery or shooting target or range. • a mound on or in front of which a target is set up for archery or shooting. • a grouse-shooter's stand, screened by low turf or a stone wall. ORIGIN Middle English (in the archery sense ): from Old French but, of unknown origin; perhaps influenced by French butte ‘rising ground ’.

 

butt

butt 3 |bʌt | ▶noun 1 (also butt end ) the thicker end of something, especially a tool or a weapon: a rifle butt. • the square end of a plank or plate meeting the end or side of another, as in the side of a ship. • the thicker or hind end of a hide used for leather. 2 (also butt end ) the stub of a cigar or a cigarette. 3 informal, chiefly N. Amer. a person's buttocks or anus. 4 the trunk of a tree, especially the part just above the ground. ▶verb [ no obj. ] adjoin or meet end to end: the shop butted up against the row of houses. • [ with obj. ] join (pieces of stone, timber, and other building materials ) with the ends or sides flat against each other. ORIGIN late Middle English: the noun apparently related to Dutch bot ‘stumpy ’, also to buttock; the verb partly from butt 2, reinforced by abut .

 

butt

butt 4 |bʌt | ▶noun 1 a cask, typically used for wine, beer, or water: a butt of malmsey. 2 US a liquid measure equal to 126 US gallons (equivalent to 477.5 litres ). ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French bot, from late Latin buttis.

 

butte

butte |bjuːt | ▶noun N. Amer. & technical an isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top (similar to but narrower than a mesa ). ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French, ‘mound ’, from Old French but, of unknown origin (compare with butt 2 ).

 

Butte

Butte |byo͞ot bjut | a city in southwestern Montana, noted as a mining center; pop. 32,119 (est. 2008 ).

 

butter

but ¦ter |ˈbʌtə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a pale yellow edible fatty substance made by churning cream and used as a spread or in cooking. ▶verb [ with obj. ] spread (something ) with butter: Lily buttered a slice of toast | (as adj. buttered ) : lavishly buttered bread. PHRASES look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth informal appear gentle or innocent while typically being the opposite. PHRASAL VERBS butter someone up informal flatter or otherwise ingratiate oneself with someone. ORIGIN Old English butere, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch boter and German Butter, based on Latin butyrum, from Greek bouturon.

 

butter-and-eggs

butter-and-eggs ▶noun any of a number of plants having two shades of yellow in the flower, especially yellow toadflax.

 

butterball

butter |ball |ˈbʌtəbɔːl | ▶noun N. Amer. a plump bird, especially a turkey or bufflehead. • informal, derogatory a fat person.

 

butter bean

but ¦ter bean ▶noun Brit. a lima bean, especially one of a variety with large flat white seeds.

 

butterbur

butterbur |ˈbʌtəbəː | ▶noun a Eurasian waterside plant of the daisy family, the rounded flower heads of which are produced before the leaves. The large, soft leaves were formerly used to wrap butter, and extracts are used medicinally as an anticonvulsant. ●Genus Petasites, family Compositae: several species, in particular the common P. hybridus.

 

butter cap

butter cap ▶noun a buff-coloured woodland toadstool with a greasy cap, found in both Eurasia and North America and typically growing in tufts and often in rings. ●Collybia butyracea, family Tricholomataceae, class Hymenomycetes.

 

buttercream

butter |cream |ˈbʌtəkriːm | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a soft mixture of butter and icing sugar used as a filling or topping for a cake.

 

buttercup

butter |cup |ˈbʌtəkʌp | ▶noun a herbaceous plant with bright yellow cup-shaped flowers, which is common in grassland and as a garden weed. All kinds are poisonous and generally avoided by livestock. ●Genus Ranunculus, family Ranunculaceae (the buttercup family ). This large family also includes anemones, celandines, aconites, clematis, and hellebores, many of which have poisonous seeds.

 

buttercup squash

butter |cup squash ▶noun a winter squash of a variety with dark green rind and orange flesh.

 

butterfat

butter |fat |ˈbʌtəfat | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the natural fat contained in milk and dairy products.

 

Butterfield, William

Butter |field |ˈbʌtəˌfiːld | (1814 –1900 ), English architect, an exponent of the Gothic revival. Notable designs: Keble College, Oxford (1867 –83 ).

 

butterfingers

butter |fingers |ˈbʌtəfɪŋɡəz | ▶noun ( pl. same ) informal a clumsy person, especially one who fails to hold a catch. DERIVATIVES butterfingered adjective

 

butterfish

butter |fish |ˈbʌtəfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or butterfishes ) any of a number of fishes with oily flesh or slippery skin: ● a deep-bodied edible fish of temperate and tropical seas (family Stromateidae ), in particular Peprilus triacanthus of eastern North America. ● another term for gunnel 1 . ● an Australasian reef fish (family Odacidae ), in particular the edible Odax pullus of New Zealand, which has green bones and feeds on kelp. ● a tropical freshwater or marine fish that is popular in aquaria (several families, including Scatophagidae ).

 

butterfly

butter |fly |ˈbʌtəflʌɪ | ▶noun ( pl. butterflies ) 1 a nectar-feeding insect with two pairs of large, typically brightly coloured wings that are covered with microscopic scales. Butterflies are distinguished from moths by having clubbed or dilated antennae, holding their wings erect when at rest, and being active by day. ●Superfamilies Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea, order Lepidoptera: several families. Formerly placed in a grouping known as the Rhopalocera. • [ as modifier ] having a two-lobed shape resembling the spread wings of a butterfly: a butterfly clip. • a showy or frivolous person: a social butterfly. • (butterflies ) informal a fluttering and nauseous sensation felt in the stomach when one is nervous. 2 a stroke in swimming in which both arms are raised out of the water and lifted forwards together. ▶verb ( butterflies, butterflying, butterflied ) [ with obj. ] split (a piece of meat or fish ) almost in two and spread it out flat: (as adj. butterflied ) : butterflied shrimp. ORIGIN Old English, from butter + fly 2; perhaps from the cream or yellow colour of common species, or from an old belief that the insects stole butter.

 

butterfly bush

butter |fly bush ▶noun a Chinese buddleia that is cultivated in the West for its large spikes of fragrant purplish-lilac or white flowers, which are highly attractive to butterflies. ●Buddleia davidii, family Loganiaceae.

 

butterfly cake

butter |fly cake ▶noun Brit. a small sponge cake with its top cut off and divided into two pieces, which are then fixed to the cake with buttercream at an angle to resemble a butterfly's wings.

 

butterfly effect

butter |fly ef ¦fect ▶noun (with reference to chaos theory ) the phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere. ORIGIN 1980s: from the notion in chaos theory that a butterfly fluttering in Rio de Janeiro could change the weather in Chicago.

 

butterfly fish

butter |fly fish ▶noun 1 any of a number of brightly coloured or boldly marked fish of warm waters, in particular: ● a reef-dwelling fish that is popular in marine aquaria (Chaetodon and other genera, family Chaetodontidae ). ● a predatory marine fish that bears long venomous spines (genus Pterois, family Scorpaenidae ). 2 a West African freshwater fish with large pectoral fins used in leaping out of the water and long fin rays used as stilts. ●Pantodon buchholzi, the only member of the family Pantodontidae.

 

butterfly knife

butter |fly knife ▶noun a long, broad knife used in pairs in some forms of kung fu.

 

butterfly net

butter |fly net ▶noun a fine-meshed bag supported on a frame at the end of a handle, used for catching butterflies.

 

butterfly nut

butter |fly nut ▶noun another term for wing nut ( sense 1 ).

 

butterfly orchid

butter |fly or ¦chid ▶noun a wild orchid with a flower that somewhat resembles a butterfly in shape, found in both Eurasia and North America. ●Genus Platanthera, family Orchidaceae: many species, including two widely distributed European species with fragrant greenish-white flowers, P. chlorantha and the smaller P. bifolia.

 

butterfly ray

butter |fly ray ▶noun a small ray of warm coastal waters with very broad triangular fins. ●Family Gymnuridae and genus Gymnura: several species, including G. natalensis.

 

butterfly valve

butter |fly valve ▶noun a valve consisting of a rotating circular plate or a pair of hinged semicircular plates, attached to a transverse spindle and mounted inside a pipe in order to regulate or prevent flow.

 

butterfly weed

butter |fly weed ▶noun [ mass noun ] a North American milkweed with bright orange flowers which are attractive to butterflies. ●Asclepias tuberosa, family Asclepiadaceae.

 

butterhead lettuce

butter |head let |tuce ▶noun a class of lettuce varieties having soft leaves that grow in a loose head and are said to have the flavour of butter.

 

butter icing

but ¦ter icing ▶noun another term for buttercream.

 

butter knife

but ¦ter knife ▶noun a knife whose blade has a blunt, rounded end, used for spreading butter.

 

buttermilk

butter |milk |ˈbʌtəmɪlk | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the slightly sour liquid left after butter has been churned, used in baking or consumed as a drink. • a pale yellow colour like that of buttermilk.

 

butter muslin

but ¦ter mus ¦lin ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. loosely woven cotton cloth, formerly used for wrapping butter.

 

butternut

butter |nut |ˈbʌtənʌt | ▶noun a North American walnut tree which is cultivated as an ornamental and also for its quality timber. ●Juglans cinerea, family Juglandaceae. • the edible oily nut of the butternut.

 

butternut squash

butter |nut squash ▶noun a popular winter squash of a pear-shaped variety with light yellowish-brown rind and orange flesh.

 

butterscotch

butter |scotch |ˈbʌtəskɒtʃ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a brittle yellow-brown sweet made with butter and brown sugar. • a sauce or syrup flavoured with butterscotch.

 

butter tart

but ter tart |ˈbədər tɑːrt | ▶noun Canadian a tart with a filling of butter, eggs, brown sugar, and, typically, raisins.

 

butterweed

but ter weed |ˈbətərˌwēd ˈbətərwid | ▶noun a yellow-flowered plant of the daisy family, closely related to ragwort. [Genus Senecio, family Compositae: several species, including the common butterweed (S. vulgaris ) of the Pacific states and Bolander's butterweed (S. bolanderi ), found esp. along the Pacific coast of North America. ]

 

butterwort

butterwort |ˈbʌtəwəːt | ▶noun a carnivorous bog plant which has violet flowers borne above a rosette of greasy yellowish-green leaves that trap and digest small insects, found in both Eurasia and North America. ●Genus Pinguicula, family Lentibulariaceae: several species, in particular the common butterwort (P. vulgaris ). ORIGIN late 16th cent.: named from the plant's supposed ability to keep cows in milk, and so maintain the supply of butter.

 

buttery

buttery 1 |ˈbʌt (ə )ri | ▶adjective containing or tasting like butter: layers of flaky buttery pastry. • covered with butter: buttery fingers. DERIVATIVES butteriness noun

 

buttery

buttery 2 |ˈbʌt (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. butteries ) Brit. a room in a college where food is kept and sold to students. ORIGIN Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French boterie ‘butt store ’, from Old French bot (see butt 4 ).

 

butthead

butthead |ˈbʌthɛd | ▶noun N. Amer. informal a stupid or stubborn person: only a butthead would drive a car like that.

 

butt hinge

butt hinge ▶noun a hinge attached to the abutting surfaces of a door and a door jamb.

 

buttie

but ¦tie ▶noun ( pl. butties ) variant spelling of butty 1.

 

buttinsky

butt |in ¦sky |bʌˈtɪnski | ▶noun N. Amer. informal an interfering person. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from butt in (see butt 1 ) and -ski, formed in humorous imitation of the final element in many Russian names.

 

butt joint

butt joint ▶noun (of wood, metal, etc. ) a joint formed by two surfaces abutting at right angles.

 

buttle

but ¦tle |ˈbʌt (ə )l | ▶verb [ no obj. ] humorous work as a butler: there is no one today worth buttling for . ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: back-formation from butler .

 

butt naked

butt naked |bʌt ˈneɪkɪd | ▶adjective informal completely naked.

 

buttock

but |tock |ˈbʌtək | ▶noun either of the two round fleshy parts of the human body that form the bottom. ORIGIN Old English buttuc, probably from the base of butt 3 + -ock .

 

buttock line

but |tock line ▶noun each of a series of longitudinal lines or curves marked on a plan of a ship to show its fore-and-aft sections at various distances from the centre line.

 

button

but ¦ton |ˈbʌt (ə )n | ▶noun 1 a small disc or knob sewn on to a garment, either to fasten it by being pushed through a slit made for the purpose or for decoration. • a small round object resembling a button: chocolate buttons. • Fencing a knob fitted to the point of a foil to make it harmless. • used in reference to things of little worth: he will never give away anything that is worth a button. 2 a small device on a piece of electrical or electronic equipment which is pressed to operate it. 3 chiefly N. Amer. a badge bearing a design or slogan and pinned to clothing. ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] fasten (clothing ) with buttons: he buttoned up his jacket. • (button someone into ) fasten the buttons of a garment being worn by someone: he buttoned himself into the raincoat. • [ no obj. ] (of a garment ) be fastened with buttons: a dress which buttoned down the front. 2 (usu. in imperative button it ) informal stop talking. PHRASES button one's lip informal stop or refrain from talking. on the button informal, chiefly US punctually: we arrived at 5.20 on the button. • exactly right: the programme is right on the button every time. press the button informal initiate an action or train of events (often used to refer to the ease with which a nuclear war might be started ). push (or press ) someone's buttons informal arouse or provoke a reaction in someone: don't allow co-workers to push your buttons. PHRASAL VERBS button something up informal complete or conclude something satisfactorily: they've buttoned up the league title by opening up a seven points gap. • (often as adj. buttoned up ) repress or inhibit something: it was repressive enough to keep public opinion buttoned up. DERIVATIVES buttoned adjective [ in combination ] : a gold-buttoned blazer, buttonless adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French bouton, of Germanic origin and related to butt 1 .

 

Button, Jenson

Button, Jenson |ˈbʌt (ə )n | (b.1980 ), English motor-racing driver; full name Jenson Alexander Lyons Button. He won the Formula One world championship in 2009.

 

button-back

button-back ▶noun [ as modifier ] denoting a chair or sofa with a quilted back, the stitching being hidden by buttons: a button-back antique chair.

 

buttonball tree

button |ball tree |ˈbʌt (ə )nbɔːl | ▶noun see buttonwood ( sense 1 ).

 

buttonbush

button |bush ▶noun a low-growing North American shrub that grows in water, with small tubular flowers forming globular flower heads. ●Cephalanthus occidentalis, family Rubiaceae.

 

button chrysanthemum

but ¦ton chrys |an ¦the ¦mum ▶noun a variety of chrysanthemum with small spherical flowers.

 

button-down

button-down ▶adjective (of a collar ) having points which are buttoned to the garment. • (of a shirt ) having a button-down collar. • (also buttoned down ) N. Amer. informal (of a person ) conservative or unimaginative. ▶noun a shirt with a button-down collar.

 

buttoned-up

but toned-up ▶adjective 1 reserved and not inclined to reveal information: Fleischer's buttoned-up style. 2 secured to the maximum degree against attack: the tank had been buttoned up and had not been seriously damaged.

 

button grass

but ¦ton grass ▶noun [ mass noun ] chiefly Austral. a grass or sedge with compact rounded flowering heads. ● a large tufted sedge (Gymnoschoenus spaerocephalus, family Cyperaceae ). ● an annual grass (Dactyloctenium radulans, family Gramineae ).

 

buttonhole

button |hole |ˈbʌt (ə )nhəʊl | ▶noun a slit made in a garment to receive a button for fastening. • Brit. a flower or spray worn in a buttonhole on the lapel of a jacket. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 informal attract the attention of and detain (someone ) in conversation, typically against their will. 2 make buttonholes in (a garment ).

 

buttonholer

button |holer ▶noun an attachment for a sewing machine used to make buttonholes.

 

buttonhole stitch

button |hole stitch ▶noun [ mass noun ] a looped stitch used for edging buttonholes or pieces of material.

 

buttonhook

button |hook |ˈbʌt (ə )nhʊk | ▶noun 1 a small hook with a long handle for fastening tight buttons (often formerly on buttoned boots ). 2 American Football a play in which a pass receiver runs straight downfield and then doubles back sharply towards the line of scrimmage.

 

button lift

but ¦ton lift ▶noun another term for poma.

 

button man

but ¦ton man ▶noun N. Amer. informal a hired killer.

 

button mushroom

but ¦ton mush |room ▶noun a young unopened mushroom.

 

button-quail

button-quail ▶noun a small quail-like Old World bird related to the rails, with only three toes. Also called hemipode. ●Family Turnicidae and genus Turnix: several species, including the widespread barred button-quail (T. suscitator ) of Asia (also called bustard quail ).

 

Buttons

But |tons |ˈbʌt (ə )nz | ▶noun Brit. informal a nickname for a liveried pageboy, now normally only in pantomimes. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from the rows of buttons on his jacket.

 

button spider

but ¦ton spider ▶noun a highly venomous African spider which is a close relative of the American black widow. ●A subspecies of Latrodectus mactans, family Theridiidae.

 

button-through

button-through Brit. ▶adjective (of clothing ) fastened with buttons from top to bottom. ▶noun a button-through dress.

 

buttonwood

button |wood |ˈbʌt (ə )nwʊd | ▶noun 1 (also buttonwood tree ) N. Amer. an American plane tree. Also called sycamore in North America. ●Genus Platanus, family Platanaceae: several species, in particular P. occidentalis (also called buttonball tree ), which is the largest deciduous tree in the US and is grown for ornament and timber. 2 either of two mangroves found mainly in tropical America, used in the production of tanbark and for charcoal. ●Conocarpus erectus (the button mangrove ) and Laguncularia racemosa, family Combretaceae.

 

buttress

buttress |ˈbʌtrɪs | ▶noun 1 a structure of stone or brick built against a wall to strengthen or support it: the cathedral's massive buttresses. • a projecting portion of a hill or mountain. 2 a source of defence or support: the political police were the main buttress of the regime. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 provide (a building or structure ) with buttresses: (as adj. buttressed ) : a buttressed wall. 2 increase the strength of or justification for; reinforce: authority was buttressed by religious belief. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French (ars ) bouterez ‘thrusting (arch )’, from boter ‘to strike or thrust ’ (see butt 1 ).

 

buttress root

but tress root ▶noun a tree root whose upper, exposed parts project from the trunk like a buttress.

 

butt ugly

butt ugly ▶adjective informal, chiefly N. Amer. (chiefly of a person ) extremely unattractive.

 

butty

butty 1 |ˈbʌti |(also buttie ) ▶noun ( pl. butties ) informal, chiefly N. English a filled or open sandwich: a bacon butty. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from butter + -y 2 .

 

butty

butty 2 |ˈbʌti | ▶noun ( pl. butties ) Brit. 1 informal (among miners ) a friend or workmate. 2 historical a middleman negotiating between miners and the mine owner. 3 (also butty boat ) an unpowered freight barge intended to be towed. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: probably from booty 1 in the phrase play booty ‘join in sharing plunder ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

butt

butt noun 1 the butt of a joke: target, victim, object, subject, dupe; laughingstock. 2 the butt of a gun: stock, end, handle, hilt, haft, helve. 3 a cigarette butt: stub, end, tail end, stump, remnant. 4 informal sitting on his butt. See buttocks. ▶verb 1 the shop butts up against the house: adjoin, abut, be next to, be adjacent to, border (on ), be connected to; join, touch. 2 students butting everyone with their backpacks: ram, headbutt, bunt; bump, buffet, push, shove. PHRASES butt in I've asked you not to butt in when your father and I are talking: interrupt, break in, cut in, chime in, interject, intervene, interfere, interpose; informal poke one's nose in, put one's oar in.

 

butter

butter verb PHRASES butter someone up informal there she goes, buttering up the boss again: flatter, sweet-talk, curry favor with, court, wheedle, cajole, persuade, coax, compliment, get around, prevail on; be obsequious toward, be sycophantic toward, toady to, fawn on, make up to, play up to, ingratiate oneself with, suck up to, be all over, soft-soap.

 

butterflies

butterflies plural noun I had butterflies as I waited: nerves, anxiety, the jitters. WORD LINKS lepidopterist a person who studies or collects butterflies and moths Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

buttocks

buttocks plural noun stand with your heels and buttocks against the wall: backside, rear end, rear, seat, bottom, rump, cheeks, behind, derrière; informal butt, booty, fanny, keister, tush, tail, buns, heinie, ass, caboose; fundament, posterior, haunches, gluteus maximus, sit-upon, stern, wazoo; Brit. informal bum, arse; Anatomy nates. USAGE See ass . Usage notes show additional guidance on finer points of English usage.

 

button

button noun 1 shirt buttons: fastener, stud, toggle; hook, catch, clasp, snap fastener, pin. 2 press the button: switch, knob, control; lever, handle; icon, box.

 

buttonhole

buttonhole verb informal See accost.

 

buttress

buttress noun 1 stone buttresses: prop, support, abutment, brace, shore, pier, reinforcement, stanchion. 2 a buttress against social collapse: safeguard, defense, protection, guard; support, prop; bulwark. ▶verb strategic design was buttressed by the detailed staff work: strengthen, reinforce, fortify, support, bolster, shore up, underpin, cement, uphold, prop up, defend, sustain, back up.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

butt

butt 1 verb she butted him in the chest: ram, headbutt, bunt; bump, buffet, push, thrust, shove, prod, knock; N. English tup. PHRASES butt in he butted in on our conversation: interrupt, break in, cut in, chime in, interject, interpose, intervene; interfere (with ), put one's oar in; informal poke one's nose in /into; Brit. informal chip in. ANTONYMS keep out (of ).

 

butt

butt 2 noun she had just been made the butt of a joke: target, victim, object, subject, recipient, laughing stock, Aunt Sally.

 

butt

butt 3 noun 1 the butt of a gun: stock, shaft, shank, end, handle, hilt, haft, grip, helve. 2 a cigarette butt: stub, end, tail end, stump, remnant, remains, remainder; informal fag end, dog end. 3 N. Amer. informal he was just sitting on his butt doing nothing. See bottom (sense 6 of the noun ). ▶verb the shop butted up against the row of houses: adjoin, abut, butt up to, be next to, be adjacent to, border (on ), neighbour, verge on, bound on, be contiguous with, be connected to, communicate with, link up with, extend as far as, extend to; join, conjoin, connect with /to, touch, meet. ANTONYMS be separate from.

 

butt

butt 4 noun a butt of brandy. See barrel.

 

butter

butter verb PHRASES butter someone up informal she was good at buttering up advertisers: be obsequious towards, grovel to, be servile towards, be sycophantic towards, kowtow to, abase oneself to, demean oneself to, bow and scrape to, prostrate oneself to, toady to, truckle to, dance attendance on, fawn on, make up to, play up to, ingratiate oneself with, rub up the right way, curry favour with; wheedle, flatter, court, persuade, blarney, coax, talk into, get round, prevail on; informal suck up to, crawl to, creep to, be all over, lick someone's boots, fall all over, keep someone sweet, sweet-talk, soft-soap; N. Amer. brown-nose; vulgar slang lick /kiss someone's arse; archaic blandish.

 

butterfly

butterfly noun WORD LINKS butterfly lepidopteran relating to butterflies Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

buttocks

buttocks plural noun stand with you heels, buttocks, and back touching the wall: backside, behind, seat, rump, rear, rear end; cheeks, hindquarters, haunches; Brit. bottom; French derrière; German Sitzfleisch; technical nates; informal sit-upon, stern, BTM, tochus; Brit. informal bum, botty, prat, jacksie; Scottish informal bahookie; N. Amer. informal butt, fanny, tush, tushie, tail, duff, buns, booty, caboose, heinie, patootie, keister, tuchis, bazoo, bippy; W. Indian informal batty; humorous fundament, posterior; black English rass, rusty dusty; Brit. vulgar slang arse; N. Amer. vulgar slang ass; archaic breech. WORD LINKS buttocks natal relating to the buttocks Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

button

button noun 1 he did up his shirt buttons: fastener, stud, link, toggle; hook, catch, clasp. 2 press the appropriate button to record: knob, switch, on /off switch, push switch, disc, lever, handle, key, control, controller.

 

buttonhole

buttonhole verb informal in the pub, I buttonholed the team captain. See accost.

 

buttress

buttress noun 1 the wall was supported by stone buttresses: prop, support, abutment, shore, pier, reinforcement, stanchion, stay, strut. 2 a buttress against social collapse: safeguard, defence, defender, protector, protection, guard, support, supporter, prop, mainstay; bulwark, bastion, stronghold. ▶verb authority was buttressed by religious belief: strengthen, reinforce, fortify, support, prop up, bolster up, shore up, underpin, cement, brace, uphold, confirm, defend, maintain, back up, buoy up.

 

Duden Dictionary

Butt

Butt Substantiv, maskulin , der |B u tt |der Butt; Genitiv: des Butt [e ]s, Plural: die Butte aus dem Niederdeutschen, zu: butt = stumpf, plump Scholle 4

 

Bütt

Bütt Substantiv, feminin landschaftlich , die |B ü tt |die Bütt; Genitiv: der Bütt, Plural: die Bütten Bütte einem Fass ähnliches Vortragspult für den Büttenredner, die Büttenrednerin bei einer Karnevalssitzung

 

Butte

But te Substantiv, feminin , die |B u tte |süddeutsch, schweizerisch und österreichisch für Bütte

 

Bütte

Büt te Substantiv, feminin , die |B ü tte |die Bütte; Genitiv: der Bütte, Plural: die Bütten mittelhochdeutsch büt (t )e, büten, althochdeutsch butin (na ) < mittellateinisch butina = Flasche, Gefäß < griechisch bytínē a landschaftlich großes [hölzernes ] wannenartiges Gefäß Wäsche in einer Bütte einweichen b in der Papierherstellung gebrauchtes großes, ovales Gefäß mit Rührwerk

 

Buttel

But tel , die Buddel |B u ttel |

 

Büttel

Büt tel Substantiv, maskulin , der |B ü ttel |der Büttel; Genitiv: des Büttels, Plural: die Büttel mittelhochdeutsch bütel, althochdeutsch butil, zu bieten in der alten Bedeutung »bekannt machen, wissen lassen «1 veraltet Gerichtsbote, Häscher 2 veraltend abwertend Ordnungshüter; Polizist o. Ä.

 

Bütten

Büt ten Substantiv, Neutrum , das |B ü tten |zu Bütte b handgeschöpftes Papier mit ungleichmäßigem, gefranstem Rand und Wasserzeichen Briefkarten aus Bütten

 

Büttenpapier

Büt ten pa pier Substantiv, Neutrum , das |B ü ttenpapier |

 

Büttenrand

Büt ten rand Substantiv, maskulin , der |B ü ttenrand |für Bütten charakteristischer gefranster Rand

 

Büttenrede

Büt ten re de Substantiv, feminin , die |B ü ttenrede |in der Bütt gehaltener, witzig-lustiger Vortrag eines Karnevalisten, einer Karnevalistin besonders im rheinischen Karneval

 

Butter

But ter Substantiv, feminin , die |B u tter |die Butter; Genitiv: der Butter mittelhochdeutsch buter, althochdeutsch butera, über das Vulgärlateinische < lateinisch butyrum < griechisch boútyron, zu: boũs = Kuh, Rind und eigentlich = Quark aus Kuhmilch aus Milch gewonnenes Fett (das besonders als Brotaufstrich verwendet wird ) ein Stück Butter | die Butter ist ranzig | Butter aufs Brot streichen | etwas in Butter braten | Blumenkohl mit brauner Butter | die Vorräte schmolzen dahin wie Butter an der Sonne (wurden äußerst schnell aufgebraucht )sich < Dativ > nicht die Butter vom Brot nehmen lassen umgangssprachlich sich nichts gefallen lassen, sich nicht benachteiligen lassen jemandem nicht die Butter auf dem Brot gönnen umgangssprachlich jemandem gegenüber missgünstig sein Butter auf dem Kopf haben süddeutsch, österreichisch umgangssprachlich ein schlechtes Gewissen haben nach dem Sprichwort »wer Butter auf dem Kopf hat, soll nicht in die Sonne gehen «; die Butter wurde früher von den Bauersfrauen in einem Korb auf dem Kopf zum Markt getragen es ist alles in [bester ] Butter salopp es ist alles in Ordnung wohl eigentlich = in guter Butter, nicht in billigem Fett gebraten Butter bei die Fische! landschaftlich die Angelegenheit muss jetzt richtig geklärt, es darf nichts zurückgehalten werden

 

Butterberg

But ter berg Substantiv, maskulin , der |B u tterberg |Plural selten

 

Butterbirne

But ter bir ne Substantiv, feminin , die |B u tterbirne |Birne mit besonders weichem Fruchtfleisch

 

Butterblume

But ter blu me Substantiv, feminin , die |B u tterblume |gelb blühende Wiesenblume z. B. Hahnenfuß, Löwenzahn, Sumpfdotterblume

 

Butterbrot

But ter brot Substantiv, Neutrum , das |B u tterbrot |mit Butter bestrichene Scheibe Brot für ein Butterbrot arbeiten umgangssprachlich gegen sehr geringe Bezahlung arbeiten etwas für /um ein Butterbrot bekommen, [ver ]kaufen umgangssprachlich etwas sehr billig bekommen, [ver ]kaufen jemandem etwas aufs Butterbrot schmieren /streichen salopp jemandem etwas für ihn Ärgerliches o. Ä. erneut deutlich zu verstehen geben; jemandem etwas Zurückliegendes wieder vorwerfen

 

Butterbrotpapier

But ter brot pa pier Substantiv, Neutrum , das |B u tterbrotpapier |fettundurchlässiges Einwickelpapier, besonders für Frühstücksbrote u. Ä.

 

Buttercreme

But ter creme , But ter crème Substantiv, feminin , die Buttercrème |B u ttercreme B u ttercrème |Creme aus Butter, Milch und [Puder ]zucker (als Tortenfüllung )

 

Buttercremetorte

But ter creme tor te , But ter crème tor te Substantiv, feminin , die Buttercrèmetorte |B u ttercremetorte B u ttercrèmetorte |

 

Butterdose

But ter do se Substantiv, feminin , die |B u tterdose |runder oder rechteckiger Behälter mit Deckel zum Aufbewahren von Butter

 

Butterfahrt

But ter fahrt Substantiv, feminin umgangssprachlich , die |B u tterfahrt |a Schiffsfahrt [aufs offene Meer ], bei der die Möglichkeit geboten wird, billig [zollfrei ] einzukaufen b Kaffeefahrt b

 

Butterfass

But ter fass Substantiv, Neutrum , das |B u tterfass |1 Fass zur Aufbewahrung und zum Transportieren von Butter 2 früher Gefäß, in dem Butter von Hand hergestellt wird

 

Butterfly

But ter fly Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈbatɐfla͜i |der Butterfly; Genitiv: des Butterfly [s ], Plural: die Butterflys englisch butterfly, eigentlich = Schmetterling (nach den ähnlichen Bewegungen )1 Eiskunstlauf bestimmter Spreizsprung 2 ohne Plural Schwimmen Butterflystil 3 Turnen Schmetterling 2

 

Butterflymesser

But ter fly mes ser Substantiv, Neutrum , das zu englisch butterfly (Butterfly ), nach dem Vergleich der beiden Hälften des Hefts mit Schmetterlingsflügeln stilettartiges Messer, dessen Heft 2 aus zwei Teilen besteht, die sich als Schutz 2 um die Klinge klappen lassen

 

Butterflystil

But ter fly stil Substantiv, maskulin Schwimmen , der ohne Plural Schwimmstil, bei dem die Arme gleichzeitig über dem Wasser nach vorn geworfen und unter Wasser nach hinten geführt und die Beine gleichzeitig auf und ab bewegt werden; Delfinstil; Schmetterlingsstil

 

Buttergebäck

But ter ge bäck Substantiv, Neutrum , das |B u ttergebäck |mit Butter zubereitetes [ausgestochenes ] Kleingebäck

 

buttergelb

but ter gelb Adjektiv |b u tterg e lb |gelb wie Butter

 

butterig

but te rig , butt rig Adjektiv buttrig |b u tterig b u ttrig |viel Butter enthaltend; sehr nach Butter schmeckend der Teig ist butterig

 

Butterkäse

But ter kä se Substantiv, maskulin , der |B u tterkäse |butterähnlich weicher, milder Vollfett- oder Rahmkäse

 

Butterkeks

But ter keks Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, Neutrum , der oder das |B u tterkeks |mit Butter zubereiteter Keks

 

Butterkuchen

But ter ku chen Substantiv, maskulin , der |B u tterkuchen |Kuchen aus Hefeteig, der vor dem Backen mit Butterstückchen und Zucker bestreut wird

 

Buttermilch

But ter milch Substantiv, feminin , die |B u ttermilch |nur noch wenig Fett enthaltende Milch, die beim Buttern 1 als Rückstand übrig bleibt

 

buttern

but tern schwaches Verb |b u ttern |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « 1 Butter herstellen 2 a Kochkunst mit Butter bestreichen eine Scheibe Toast buttern b Kochkunst ausfetten die Kuchenform buttern 3 umgangssprachlich (viel Geld ) in etwas hineinstecken, für etwas verwenden [ohne dass es sich auszahlt ] er hat sein ganzes Vermögen in das Unternehmen gebuttert

 

Butterpilz

But ter pilz Substantiv, maskulin , der |B u tterpilz |essbarer Röhrenpilz mit gelbem bis schokoladenbraunem Hut und zitronengelber Unterseite

 

Buttersäure

But ter säu re Substantiv, feminin , die Fettsäure mit unangenehmem, ranzigem Geruch

 

Butterschmalz

But ter schmalz Substantiv, Neutrum , das |B u tterschmalz |aus dem Fett der Butter bestehendes gelbes, haltbares Speisefett

 

Butterseite

But ter sei te Substantiv, feminin , die |B u tterseite |1 mit Butter bestrichene Seite einer Brotscheibe 2 umgangssprachlich vorteilhaftere Seite von etwas auf die Butterseite fallen umgangssprachlich Glück haben

 

Butterstulle

But ter stul le Substantiv, feminin landschaftlich , die |B u tterstulle |

 

butterweich

but ter weich Adjektiv |b u tterw ei ch |a sehr weich, so weich wie Butter die Birnen sind butterweich b keine Festigkeit in seiner Haltung, seinem Auftreten o. Ä. zeigend butterweiche Abmachungen c Sportjargon (vom Zuspiel ) gefühlvoll, ohne Wucht sein Pass kam butterweich in den freien Raum

 

Butterwoche

But ter wo che Substantiv, feminin , die |B u tterwoche |russisches Fest am Ende des Winters

 

butterzart

but ter zart Adjektiv |b u tterz a rt |zart und weich wie Butter ein butterzartes Steak

 

Buttje

Butt je Substantiv, maskulin norddeutsch umgangssprachlich , der Buttjer ; Butscher |B u ttje |der Buttje; Genitiv: des Buttjes, Plural: die Buttjes aus dem Niederdeutschen, zu: butt, Butt [Straßen ]junge

 

Buttjer

Butt jer Substantiv, maskulin norddeutsch umgangssprachlich , der Buttje |B u ttjer |aus dem Niederdeutschen, zu: butt, Butt [Straßen ]junge

 

Büttner

Bütt ner Substantiv, maskulin landschaftlich , der |B ü ttner |Böttcher

 

Button

But ton Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈbatn̩ |der Button; Genitiv: des Buttons, Plural: die Buttons englisch button = Knopf < französisch bouton 1 runde Plakette zum Anstecken [mit einer Aufschrift ], die die politische, religiöse o. ä. Einstellung des Trägers, der Trägerin zu erkennen gibt 2 EDV an einen Knopf erinnernde Darstellung einer Schaltfläche auf dem Bildschirm, die durch Mausklick aktiviert wird zum Bestellen müssen Sie nur auf den Button klicken!

 

Button-down-Hemd

But ton-down-Hemd Substantiv, Neutrum , das |…ˈdaʊn …|das Button-down-Hemd; Genitiv: des Button-down-Hemd [e ]s, Plural: die Button-down-Hemden zu englisch button-down = (am Kragen ) festgeknöpft Oberhemd mit Button-down-Kragen

 

Button-down-Kragen

But ton-down-Kra gen Substantiv, maskulin , der der Button-down-Kragen; Genitiv: des Button-down-Kragens, Plural: die Button-down-Kragen Hemdenkragen, dessen Spitzen mit Knöpfen befestigt sind

 

French Dictionary

buttage

buttage n. m. nom masculin horticulture Action de butter.

 

butte

butte n. f. nom féminin Petite colline (Recomm. off. ). Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec les noms suivants: • colline, relief d ’élévation modérée aux versants généralement en pente douce; • massif, ensemble montagneux non orienté qui se dégage du relief environnant; • mont, importante élévation se détachant du relief environnant; • montagne, relief élevé aux versants raides, occupant une grande superficie et appartenant à un système; • monticule, petite élévation du sol; • pic, sommet rocheux aux flancs escarpés. LOCUTION Être en butte à. Être exposé à. : Être en butte à des difficultés.

 

butter

butter v. tr. verbe transitif horticulture Garnir de terre le pied d ’une plante. aimer Note Orthographique bu tt er.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

butt

butt 1 /bʌt /名詞 C 1 (武器 道具の )太い方の端 ; (銃の )台尻 （じり ）; (植物の )根元 .2 タバコの吸いがら, 残り ; ｟俗 ｠タバコ .3 ｟米 くだけて ｠尻 （しり ）, けつ (buttocks ).

 

butt

butt 2 名詞 C 1 的 ; 〖通例the ～s 〗安土 （あずち ）〘射撃場で的の後ろにある矢または弾丸を止める盛り土 〙; 射的 [射撃 ]場 .2 【あざけり 非難などの 】的 «of , for » ▸ make A the butt of ridicule A 〈人 〉をあざけりの的にする

 

butt

butt 3 動詞 他動詞 〈動物が 〉…を頭 [角 （つの ）]で突く ▸ butt A in the stomach A 〈人 〉の腹を突く 自動詞 1 «…を » 頭 [角 ]で突く [突き押す ] «at , against » .2 «…に » 突進する, ぶつかる «into , against » .3 突き出ている .b ù tt í n ｟くだけて ｠【話などに 】口をはさむ, 干渉する «on » .b ú tt into A ｟くだけて ｠Aに口をはさむ, 干渉する .名詞 C (頭 [角 ]による )突き .

 

butt

butt 4 名詞 C 1 (ワイン ビールなどの )大だる ; 天水おけ (water butt ).2 バット 〘液量の単位; 126米ガロン; 約477リットル 〙.

 

butte

butte /bjuːt /名詞 C ｟主に米西部 カナダ ｠ビュット 〘孤立した丘 〙.

 

butter

but ter /bʌ́tə r /〖語源は 「牛のチーズ 」〗名詞 U 1 バター ▸ a pat of butter バターの小さなかたまり ▸ unsalted butter 無塩バター ▸ spread bread with butter ≒spread butter on bread パンにバターを塗る ▸ Melt the butter in a pan over medium heat .｟レシピ ｠中火のなべでバターを溶かします ▸ Would you like some butter for your toast? トーストにバターをおつけしますか .2 〖複合語で 〗(バターのように )パンに塗るもの ▸ apple butter リンゴジャム ▸ peanut butter ピーナッツバター 3 おべっか, へつらい (flattery )▸ spread the butter thick ≒lay on the butter おべっかを使う A look like [as if ] b ù tter wouldn't m è lt in A's m ó uth A 〈人 〉は虫も殺さぬような顔をしている, 猫をかぶっている .動詞 他動詞 〈パン トーストなど 〉にバターを塗る ; …をバターで味付けする ▸ buttered biscuits バター風味のビスケット b ù tter A ú p [ú p A ]｟英 くだけて ｠A 〈人 〉におべっかを言う .～́ b è an 〖通例 ～s 〗インゲンマメ (wax bean ); ライマメ (lima bean ).～́ comp à rtment (冷蔵庫内の )バターやチーズなどを収納する場所 .～́ d ì sh バター皿, バター入れ .～́ kn ì fe バターナイフ .～́ pl à te (卓上用の )バター皿 .

 

butterball

b ú tter b à ll 名詞 C 1 ｟米 くだけて ｠太った人 ; (特に )太った子供 .2 (ボール状の )バター .3 ｟米 ｠〘鳥 〙ヒメハジロ .

 

buttercream

b ú tter cr è am 名詞 U バタークリーム 〘ケーキなどに用いる 〙.

 

buttercup

b ú tter c ù p 名詞 C 〘植 〙キンポウゲ 〘黄色い花が咲く 〙.

 

butterfat

b ú tter f à t 名詞 U 乳脂肪 .

 

butterfingers

b ú tter f ì ngers 名詞 複 ～C ｟くだけた話 ｠〖単数扱い; しばしば呼びかけで 〗物をよく落とす人 ; 不器用な人 .

 

butterfly

but ter fly /bʌ́tə r flàɪ /〖butterのような色をしたfly (飛ぶ虫 )〗名詞 複 -flies /-z /1 C チョウ .2 〖the ～〗〘水泳 〙バタフライ (butterfly stroke )(→swimming 関連 )▸ do the butterfly バタフライで泳ぐ 3 C 移り気な人 ; 浮気者 ▸ a social butterfly (パーティ好きの )社交家 br è ak a b ú tterfly on a wh é el ｟英 ｠(必要以上に )厳しい措置を取る .h à ve [g è t, f è el ] b ú tterflies (in one's st ó mach )｟くだけて ｠(緊張 心配などで )どきどきする, 落ち着かない .～́ n ù t 蝶ナット .

 

buttermilk

b ú tter m ì lk 名詞 U 脱脂乳, バターミルク .

 

butternut

b ú tter n ù t 名詞 C 〘植 〙バターナッツ 〘クルミの一種 〙.

 

butterscotch

b ú tter sc ò tch 名詞 U バタースカッチ 〘バターとブラウンシュガーで作るあめ 〙.

 

buttery

but ter y 1 /bʌ́t (ə )ri /形容詞 1 バターのような ; バターを塗った [の入った ].2 ｟くだけて ｠お世辞たらたらの .

 

buttery

but ter y 2 名詞 複 -ies C 食料貯蔵室 ; ｟英 ｠(大学で学生に売るための )食料品販売室 .

 

butthole

b ú tt h ò le 名詞 C ｟米 俗 卑 ｠1 けつの穴 .2 ｟けなして ｠くそったれ野郎 .

 

buttock

but tock /bʌ́tək /名詞 C 〖通例 ～s 〗1 (人の )尻 （しり ）, 臀 （でん ）部 (!腰掛ける際いすに触れる2つの盛り上がった部分; 片方だけをさす場合は単数形で; 「尻 」を表す語にはほかに ｟主に米 くだけて ｠butt, ｟くだけて ｠bottom, ｟くだけて ｠backside, ｟くだけて 遠回しに ｠behind, ｟くだけて 遠回しに ｠rear (end )などがある; →body , hip 1 ) .2 (動物の )尻, 臀 （でん ）部 (rump ).

 

button

but ton /bʌ́t (ə )n / (! -u-は /ʌ /; 強勢は第1音節 ) 〖butt 3 (突く )on (こと ); つぼみ 〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 (機械などの )押しボタン (スイッチ )(→push button ); 〘コンピュ 〙(マウスの )ボタン ; (マウスでクリックする画面上の )ボタン ▸ press [push ] the button for the lobby (エレベーターの )ロビー (行き )のボタンを押す ▸ a three- button mouse 3ボタン付きマウス ▸ click the “send ” button (画面上の )「送信 」ボタンをクリックする ▸ At [With ] the touch [press, push ] of a button , the clock tells the time with its “human ” voice .ボタンに触れれば [を押せば ], その時計は人間の声で時間を告げる (!操作の簡単さを強調する ) 語法 コンピュータのキーボード上の1つ1つは ╳buttonとせずkeyを用いる ▸ Press this key [╳button ] to quit the program .プログラムを終えるにはこのキーを押してください 2 (衣類などの )ボタン ▸ a jacket with gold [brass ] buttons 金 [真鍮 （しんちゆう ）]ボタン付きの上着 表現 コーパス 1 ボタンが [は ] ▸ The top ～ is undone [remains done up, remains ～ed ].一番上のボタンがはずれている [掛かったままだ ]▸ The bottom two ～s fell off [are coming off, are loose ].一番下のボタンが2つ取れて落ちた [取れかかっている ]2 ボタンを (↓動詞 )▸ do up [undo ] the ～s on one's blouse; fasten [unfasten ] the ～s on one's blouse ブラウスのボタンを掛ける [はずす ]▸ miss a ～(ボタンを掛ける時に )1個抜かす ▸ sew on spare ～s 予備のボタンを (縫い )付ける ▸ lose [rip off, tear off ] a ～ボタンをなくす [引きちぎる ]3 小さな円盤型のもの 〘キャンディ 飾り 目印など 〙; 〖形容詞的に 〗ボタンのような ▸ one's belly button ｟ 小児 ｠へそ (navel )▸ chocolate buttons ボタン型チョコレート ▸ one's button eyes [nose ]小さくて丸い目 [鼻 ]4 ｟米 ｠バッジ, 記章 (｟英 ｠badge )▸ wear a campaign button キャンペーン用バッジを付けている 5 芽, つぼみ (bud 1 ); 〖通例 ～s 〗(まだ笠 （かさ ）の開いていない )小さなきのこ (button mushroom ) 〘料理用 〙.6 〘フェンシング 〙(練習用剣先の )先革 .7 ｟英話 やや古 ｠〖～s 〗(ホテルなどの )ボーイ 〘制服に多くのボタンが付いていることから; →bellhop 〙.(as ) br ì ght as a b ú tton ｟英 ｠〈特に子供 犬などが 〉頭がいい, りこうな .(as ) c ù te as a b ú tton 小さくてかわいらしい .have à ll one's b ú ttons [m á rbles ]｟俗 ｠〖通例否定文 条件文で 〗分別がある, 正気である .n ò t w ò rth a b ú tton ｟英 くだけて ｠何の価値もない .pr è ss [p ù sh ] A's b ú ttons ｟俗 ｠(意図的に )A 〈人 〉の (怒りの 性的な )感情を高ぶらせる .pr è ss the b ú tton 事を始める (!核戦争など重大事でもボタン一押しで始められることになぞらえて ) .pr è ss [p ù sh ] the r í ght b ù ttons (人の感情を高ぶらせて )思ったとおりの結果を得る, うまいことやる .p ù sh (à ll ) A's b ú ttons (時に意図しないで )A 〈人 〉のいやがることをたくさんしていらいらさせる .(r ì ght ) on the b ú tton ｟主に米 くだけて ｠1 きっかり時間どおりに ; 〖時間 数量表現の後で 〗正確に ▸ at 11:00 on the button きっかり11時に 2 〈人 意見などが 〉まさしくそのとおりで, 当を得て ▸ That's it! You're right on the button .そうです, まったくおっしゃるとおりです 動詞 他動詞 1 〈衣類 〉のボタンを留める [掛ける ](up ); 〈ボタン 〉を掛ける (↔unbutton ); (ボタンを掛けて )〈物 〉をしまう ▸ button (up ) one's coat the wrong way コートのボタンを掛け違える 2 〈衣類など 〉にボタンを付ける .自動詞 〈人が 〉 (衣類の )ボタンを留める ; 〈衣類が 〉ボタンで留めるようになっている (up )▸ These pants button (up ) at the side .このズボンは脇 （わき ）でボタンを掛けるようになっている b ù tton A d ó wn 1 (正装用に )A 〈えり 〉をボタンダウンにする .2 ｟米 くだけて ｠A 〈事実など 〉をはっきりさせる (pin down ).B ú tton it! ＝B ù tton it ú p!｟話 ぞんざいに ｠黙れ, 静かにしろ .b ù tton thr ó ugh 〈ドレス スカートなどが 〉上から下までボタンで留めるようになっている (!通例進行形にしない ) .b ù tton ú p 1 ↑自動詞 .2 ｟話 ｠＝button it! .b ù tton A ú p [ú p A ]1 ↑他動詞 1 .2 ｟くだけて ｠A 〈仕事など 〉をうまくやり終える ; A 〈事 〉の結論を出す (!しばしば受け身で ) .3 A 〈物 〉をしっかり閉じる [抑える ] (!しばしば受け身で ) .～́ c è ll [b à ttery ]ボタン型電池 〘腕時計用など 〙.～́ m à n ｟米俗 ｠マフィアの下っ端 .～́ str à p (オーバーオールなどの )ボタン式肩ひも .

 

button-down

button-down 形容詞 1 /-̀--́ /〈シャツ えりなどが 〉ボタンダウンの .2 /-́--̀ /｟俗 ｠〖名詞 の前で 〗身なりのきちんとした, 保守的な格好の 〈人 〉; 保守的な, 型にはまった 〈物 事 〉.名詞 /-́--̀ /C ボタンダウンのえり .

 

buttoned-up

b ù ttoned- ú p 形容詞 1 ボタンの付いた [掛かった ].2 ｟くだけて ｠無口な ; 内向的な ; (特に性的に )淡白な ; 形式ばった ; 満足な出来の .

 

button-fly

b ú tton-fl ỳ 形容詞 〈ズボンなどが 〉前をボタンで留めるようになった (→zip-fly ).

 

buttonhole

b ú tton h ò le 名詞 C 1 (衣類の )ボタン穴 .2 ｟英 ｠(上着のえり穴に差す )飾り花 (｟米 ｠boutonniere ).動詞 他動詞 1 (えり部分をつかむかのように )〈嫌がる人 〉に近寄って話しかける .2 〈衣類 〉にボタン穴を付ける .

 

buttonholer

b ú tton h ò ler 名詞 C (ミシンなどの )ボタン穴かがり装置 .

 

button-through

b ú tton-thr ò ugh 形容詞 〈ドレス スカートなどが 〉上から下までボタンで留めるようになった ; 〈ポケットが 〉口をボタンで留めるようになった .名詞 C 上から下までボタンで留めるようになった服 ; (ポケットなどの )留めボタン .

 

buttress

but tress /bʌ́trəs /名詞 C 1 〘建 〙(教会などの )控え壁, 扶壁 .2 支え, 頼りになるもの .動詞 他動詞 «…で » 〈主張など 〉を強化 [支持 ]する (up ); 〈人 制度など 〉を (経済的に )支える «with » ; …を控え壁で支える .

 

butty

but ty /bʌ́ti /名詞 複 -ties C ｟英 ｠1 ｟くだけて ｠＝sandwich .2 ｟話 ｠仲間, 相棒 .3 採炭請負人 .