buttonhole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌtənˌhoʊl/
Forms: form: buttonholes
form: button-hole
form: button hole
Etymology: Originally buttonhold (“a loop of string to hold a button down”), but changed by folk etymology by influence of hole, By surface analysis, button + hole.
Senses: coordinate_terms: eyelet
grommet
glosses: A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
synonyms: boutonniere
glosses: A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
synonyms: boutonniere
glosses: A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
So shaped that it can be worn on a buttonhole or it is similar to a buttonhole.
examples: text: The usual cause of conjunctival buttonholes is penetration of the tissue by the tip of a sharp instrument […]
ref: 2011, George L. Spaeth, Helen Danesh-Meyer, Ivan Goldberg, Ophthalmic Surgery: Principles and Practice E-Book, page 220:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
coordinate_terms: keyhole
glosses: A small slot-like cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel.
glosses: The mouth, nose or eyes of a tiny appearance.
synonyms: word: axe wound
word: bearded clam
word: beaver
word: berk
word: bonne bouche
word: box
word: bun
word: bush
word: cavern
word: clunge
word: coin slot
word: cooch
word: coochie
word: cookie
word: cooter
word: cooze
word: crack
word: crevice
word: cunny
word: cunt
word: fanny
word: fish lips
word: foo-foo
word: front bottom
word: front bum
word: front hole
word: gash
word: ginch
word: girl
word: Grand Canyon
word: honeypot
word: hoo-ha
word: innie
word: juice box
word: kebab
word: kitty
word: la-la
word: love box
word: love tunnel
word: minge
word: minnie
word: monosyllable
word: moocha
word: muff
word: muffin
word: nonny
word: pee-pee
word: penis fly trap
word: pink
word: pink bits
word: poontang
word: pump
word: punani
word: pussy
word: quim
word: sausage wallet
word: sheath
word: slit
word: snapper
word: snatch
word: squish mitten
word: stench trench
word: strange
word: sugar walls
word: tuppence
word: trap
word: twat
word: twinkle
word: vadge
word: vag
word: vagina
word: vaginer
word: va-jay-jay
word: vertical smile
word: Virginia
word: vulva
word: wee-wee
word: whisker biscuit
word: wizard's sleeve
glosses: vagina, coin slot.
synonyms: word: a-hole
word: anus
word: arsehole
word: arse
word: asscunt
word: asshole
word: asspussy
word: ass
word: back alley
word: back door
word: back passage
word: balloon knot
word: batty
word: batty hole
word: bootyhole
word: bottom
word: brown eye
word: browneye
word: bumhole
word: bum
word: bung-hole
word: bunghole
word: bungus
word: butthole
word: buttonhole
word: chocolate channel
word: chocolate starfish
word: chuff
word: cinnamon ring
word: clacka
word: clacker
word: cornhole
word: craphole
word: cumhole
word: dinger
word: ding
word: dock
word: dookie hole
word: dung funnel
word: exit hole
word: fartbox
word: farthole
word: fourth point of contact
word: freckle
word: fuckhole
word: fudge tunnel
word: fundament
word: Gary Glitter
word: gump stump
word: Hershey highway
word: jacksie
word: jacksy
word: keister
word: leather cheerio
word: love hole
word: other end
word: poop chute
word: pooper
word: poophole
word: rectum
word: ringpiece
word: rosebud
word: rusty sheriff's badge
word: shithole
word: shitter
word: sluthole
word: smelly freckle
word: starfish
word: stinkhole
word: tewel
word: tooter
word: tradesman's entrance
word: turd cutter
word: vent
word: wazoo
word: where the sun don't shine
word: windpipe
word: ying-yang
qualifier: lightly vulgar
glosses: The butthole (anus).
Related terms: buttonhook