noun. A small slit in a garment or piece of fabric for fastening a button.

noun. A boutonniere.

transitive verb. To make a buttonhole in.

transitive verb. To sew with a buttonhole stitch.

transitive verb. To accost and detain (a person) in conversation.

To sow with the stitch used in making buttonholes: used in sewing, lacework, and embroidery.

To seize by the buttonhole or button and detain in conversation; interview.

To make buttonholes in.

noun. In surgery, any small straight incision into a cavity or canal. See boutonnière, 2.

noun. A buttonhole bouquet.

noun. The hole or loop in which a button is caught.

noun. A name given to the hart's-tongue fern, Scolopendrium vulgare, because its fructification in the young state resembles a buttonhole in form and appearance.

noun. The hole or loop in which a button is caught.

transitive verb. To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore.

noun. A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.

noun. a flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration

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

verb. detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors

noun. a hole through which buttons are pushed

noun. a hole through which buttons are pushed

"I can embroider names on baby blankets (my favorite baby gift to give), there are several different 'fancy' stitches, the buttonhole is very easy to use, you can attach a walking foot for quilting and you can also buy cards with embroidery designs to use in the machine."