plastic buttons

Cheap shirt fasteners

Plastic buttons are fasteners made from synthetic polymers, the standard closure on most modern clothing.

They replaced bone, shell, and metal buttons through the twentieth century due to low cost and easy manufacturing.

The phrase sometimes appears in contexts emphasizing cheapness or disposability: a coat with flimsy plastic buttons.

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clasp · shiny · hole · thread · needle · click · closure · garment · coat · shank · flat back · pearlescent · translucent · colorful · round · small · cardigan · blouse

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material composition

plastic buttonsmetal buttons

Hard alloy clothing fasteners

brass buttons · gold buttons · pearl buttons · shell buttons · wooden buttons

fastening mechanism type

plastic buttonszippers

Interlocking tooth fasteners

toggles · ties · buckles · drawstrings · clasps

Family

plastic, button, plastics, plasticity, plasticize, plasticizer, buttons, buttoned, buttoning

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G