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BUTTONHOOK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does buttonhook mean?
• BUTTONHOOK (noun)
The noun BUTTONHOOK has 1 sense:
1. a hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole
Familiarity information: BUTTONHOOK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("buttonhook" is a kind of...):
hook (a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something)
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