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What is the noun for button?

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button

A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
(graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
(US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
(botany) A bud.
(curling) The center (bullseye) of the house.
(fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
(poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
(poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement marking painted stripe.
(South Africa, slang) A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
A small white blotch on a cat's coat.
(Britain, archaic) A unit of length equal to 1/12 of an inch.
The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.
Synonyms:

catch, clasp, fastener, clip, hook, stud, fastening, hasp, link, toggle, frog, press stud, popper, snap, buckle, lock, pin, latch, closure, peg, hook and eye, screw, snap fastener, press fastener, bolt, nut, tie, staple, dowel, rivet, Velcro, washer, zip, zipper, gripper snap, clamp, bar, padlock, deadlock, sneck, fibula, snib, grip, clinch, grapple, harness, grapnel, claw, safety pin, connection … more

Examples:

“Loosening the top button of his shirt, he made his way downstairs, trying to reinstate the legendary self-control that had gained him a reputation for being ice-cold.”

“There he was at the breakfast table, donning a crumpled black cap with a shiny button on the top.”

“The player cannot freely mash the button to thrust the sword. Instead, the game is designed such that players must first initiate a dramatic raising of the sword through a prolonged press of the button.”

buttoner

One who buttons something.
Any device used to fasten buttons to a garment.
A manufacturer of buttons.

buttonhook

(sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button.
(American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage.

buttonology

The study of buttons.
(computing) The basic training required to start using a piece of software: what the components of the interface are, what they do, how to accomplish basic tasks.

buttonmould