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button-down

button-down shirt (© School Division, Houghton Mifflin Company)

adj.

1. Having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons: a button-down shirt.
2. also but·toned-down (bŭt'nd-) Conservative, conventional, or unimaginative: "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-gray world of business" (Newsweek).

also buttoned-down

adjective

Conforming to established practice or standards: conformist, conventional, establishmentarian, orthodox, straight, traditional. Slang square. See usual/unusual.

IN BRIEF: adj. - Of a shirt; Unimaginatively conventional.

Tutor's tip: A "button-down" is a type of shirt collar, while to "button down" is to make final.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: unimaginatively conventional
  Synonyms: buttoned-down, conservative

Meaning #2: of a shirt; having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - småborgerlig
n. - button down flip, knap-ned flip

Nederlands (Dutch)
boord met knopen (overhemd), overhemd met boord met knopen

Français (French)
adj. - boutonné, (fig) conformiste
n. - conformiste

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mit Knöpfen befestigt
n. - button-down-collar= mit Knöpfen befestigter Kragen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - με μύτες του γιακά που κουμπώνουν πάνω στο πουκάμισο

Italiano (Italian)
abbottonato al collo, conservatore

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - abotoada (as pontas da gola na camisa)

Русский (Russian)
с пристегивающимися уголками воротника

Español (Spanish)
adj. - abotonado
n. - cuello con las puntas están abotonadas a la camisa

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - fastknäppt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
领尖钉有钮扣的, 温文尔雅的, 守旧的, 领尖有钮扣的领圈, 配有领尖钮扣领圈的衬衫

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 領尖釘有鈕扣的, 溫文爾雅的, 守舊的
n. - 領尖有鈕扣的領圈, 配有領尖鈕扣領圈的襯衫

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 단추로 잠기는, 제한된, 도시 풍의
n. - 틀에 박힌 것

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ボタン留めの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) (قميص) بأزرار للياقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מתכפתר (צווארון)‬
n. - ‮מתכפתר (צווארון)‬

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