button-shaped

1. 1.

   shaped like a button

   “button-shaped white flowers”

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Questions about button-shaped

What does button-shaped mean?

button-shaped means "shaped like a button".

How many syllables are in button-shaped?

button-shaped has 3 syllables and divides as but-ton--shaped under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is button-shaped a common word?

button-shaped is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.