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bu tton-down ADJ [ADJ n] A button-down shirt or a shirt with a button-down collar has a button under each end of the collar which you can fasten.

bu t|toned u p also buttoned-up ADJ If you say that someone is buttoned up , you mean that they do not usually talk about their thoughts and feelings. [INFORMAL ] □  …the buttoned-up wife of an English clergyman.

button|hole /bʌ t ^ə nhoʊl/ (buttonholes , buttonholing , buttonholed )

1 N‑COUNT A buttonhole is a hole that you push a button through in order to fasten a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing.

2 N‑COUNT A buttonhole is a flower that you wear on your coat or dress. [BRIT ]

3 VERB If you buttonhole someone, you stop them and make them listen to you. □ [V n] This fearsome woman buttonholed me in the first week and said she was very unhappy.

bu t|ton mu sh|room (button mushrooms ) N‑COUNT [usu pl] Button mushrooms are small mushrooms used in cooking.

but|tress /bʌ trəs/ (buttresses ) N‑COUNT Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.

but|ty /bʌ ti/ (butties ) N‑COUNT A butty is a sandwich . [BRIT , INFORMAL ]

bux|om /bʌ ksəm/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe a woman as buxom , you mean that she looks healthy and attractive and has a rounded body and big breasts. □  Melissa was a tall, buxom blonde.

buy ◆◆◆ /ba I / (buys , buying , bought )

1 VERB If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it. □ [V n] He could not afford to buy a house. □ [V pron-refl n] Lizzie bought herself a mountain bike. □ [V n n] I'd like to buy him lunch.

2 VERB If you talk about the quantity or standard of goods an amount of money buys , you are referring to the price of the goods or the value of the money. □ [V n] About £70,000 buys a habitable house around here. □ [V n n] If the pound's value is high, British investors will spend their money abroad because the pound will buy them more.

3 VERB If you buy something like time, freedom, or victory, you obtain it but only by offering or giving up something in return. □ [V n] It was a risky operation, but might buy more time. □ [V n] For them, affluence was bought at the price of less freedom in their work environment.

4 VERB [usu passive] If you say that a person can be bought , you are criticizing the fact that they will give their help or loyalty to someone in return for money. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [be V -ed] Once he shows he can be bought, they settle down to a regular payment.

5 VERB If you buy an idea or a theory, you believe and accept it. [INFORMAL ] □ [V n] I'm not buying any of that nonsense. ● PHRASAL VERB Buy into means the same as buy . □ [V P n] I bought into the popular myth that when I got the next house, I'd finally be happy.

6 N‑COUNT If something is a good buy , it is of good quality and not very expensive. □  This was still a good buy even at the higher price.

▸  buy into

1 PHRASAL VERB If you buy into a company or an organization, you buy part of it, often in order to gain some control of it. [BUSINESS ] □ [V P n] Other companies could buy into the firm.

2 → see also buy 5

▸  buy off PHRASAL VERB If you say that a person or organization buys off another person or group, you are criticizing the fact that they are giving them something such as money so that they will not complain or cause trouble. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V P n] …policies designed to buy off the working-class vote. □ [V n P ] In buying your children all these things, you are in a sense buying them off.

▸  buy out