"button lock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: button locks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} button lock (plural button locks)
  1. A type of lock (for knives, and other tools, of folding or collapsing type) in which the lock is released with the press of a button, usually on the side of the handle; such a lock often allows the tool to be locked closed as well as locked open. Synonyms: buttonlock Coordinate_terms: backlock, lockback, frame lock, liner lock, slipjoint
    Sense id: en-button_lock-en-noun-KwTCf-M6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3
  2. (metonymically) A knife or other tool with such a lock. Tags: metonymically
    Sense id: en-button_lock-en-noun-F-frWhdH Categories (other): English metonyms

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