button-down

Meaning

1. adjective Of a collar, able to be buttoned down to the shirt, as over a necktie.
2. adjective Serious; staid; businesslike.
3. adjective Conservative; conventional; unimaginative.
4. noun A shirt with a button-down collar.
5. noun A button-up shirt.

Similar words

buttoned-down buttoned conventional conservative fastened button-on bebuttoned tight-collar becollared unbuttoned

Word family

button-downs buttoned-down