mute button
noun/ˈmjuːt bʌtn/
/ˈmjuːt bʌtn/
[countable] (also mute [uncountable])
- a button on a phone that you press in order to stop yourself from being heard by the person at the other end of the line (while you speak to somebody else)Topics Phones, email and the internetc2
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- a button that you press in order to turn off the sound on a television, computer, etc.
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