"call button" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: call buttons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} call button (plural call buttons)
  1. A button used to request assistance.
    Sense id: en-call_button-en-noun--UhmniC9
  2. A button used to request some form of mechanical service.
    A button used to request a walk signal at a pedestrian crossing.
    Synonyms (walk signal button): beg button
    Sense id: en-call_button-en-noun-F6IY2GYf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 59 8 Disambiguation of 'walk signal button': 26 49 25
  3. A button used to request some form of mechanical service.
    A button used to summon an elevator.
    Sense id: en-call_button-en-noun-o~S9F-1z

Inflected forms

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