how to pronounce buttonhole

/ˈbʌtənˌhoʊl/

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buttonhole is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of buttonhole in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… elegant boot on EA in his buttonhole he …”

meanings of buttonhole

noun:

A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
A small slot-like cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel.

verb:

To detain (a person) in conversation against their will.

buttonhole frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word buttonhole occurs in english on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics buttonhole can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that buttonhole can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;