| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | but·ton-down |
| PRONUNCIATION: | b t n-doun |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons: a button-down shirt. 2. also but·toned-down (btnd-) Conservative, conventional, or unimaginative: “a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-gray world of business” (Newsweek).
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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