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turndown en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɝnˌdaʊn/ (General-American)

Etymology

Deverbal from turn down.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Capable of being turned down, or decreased in intensity.
   • a turndown lamp
2. (not-comparable) Made to wear with the upper part turned down.
   • a turndown collar

turndown en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɝnˌdaʊn/ (General-American)

Etymology

Deverbal from turn down.

Meanings

1. A downturn.
   • In past recessions, drugstores were virtually immune from a turndown. 2009 January 3, Amy Zipkin, “Drugstores, Too, Feel Recession Pain”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
2. A rejection.
3. (qualifier:hotels) The service of turning down the bedcovers and often leaving chocolates, etc., on the pillow.
   • Also, the amenities vary between the paradors: almost all that we visited had hairdryers, many had small refrigerators in the room, and some even had bathrobes and turndown service. 2006, June Eveleigh Brown, Karen Brown, Lorena Aburto Ramirez, Karen Brown's Spain, page 38:
4. A downward pointing extension to a vehicle muffler.
5. The operational range of a device.

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