button-down | ||
1. | [ adjective ] unimaginatively conventional | |
Synonyms: | conservative buttoned-down | |
Examples: | "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-gray world of business"- Newsweek |
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Related terms: | conventional | |
2. | [ adjective ] of a shirt; having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons | |
Examples: | "Brooks Brothers button-down shirts" |
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Related terms: | buttoned | |
Similar spelling: |
buttoned-down buttoned buttonwood buttoned-up button_tree |