He stuck a flower in his buttonhole.
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Buttonhole
/ˈbʌtənˌhoʊl/
Synonyms for "buttonhole" (74 found)
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Related words (37)
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9 entriesCollocations
10 entriesbuttonhole cutterbuttonhole edgebuttonhole lengthbuttonhole needlebuttonhole punchbuttonhole sizebuttonhole stitchfabric buttonholehand buttonholemachine buttonhole
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
1 entriesTranslations
25 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- петлица noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
Danish
1 entries- knaphulsblomst noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
Dutch
1 entries- boutonnière noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
Finnish
1 entries- rintakukka noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
French
1 entries- boutonnière noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
German
1 entries- Boutonniere noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
Icelandic
2 entries- blóm í barm noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
- blóm í hnappagat noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
Macedonian
2 entries- илик noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
- илика noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- knappholsblomst noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
- knapphullsblomst noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
Polish
1 entries- butonierka noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
Russian
1 entries- бутонье́рка noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kȍv noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
- zȃmčica noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
- ìlik noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
- ìlika noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
Swedish
1 entries- knapphålsblomma noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He always wears a flower in his buttonhole.
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Tom had a flower in his buttonhole.
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Tom stuck a flower in his buttonhole.
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