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turndown

US/ˈtɝnˌdaʊn/

turndown noun: a downturn.

Noun

turndown (plural turndowns)

  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. (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.

Adjective

turndown (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being turned down, or decreased in intensity.
    • a turndown lamp
  2. Made to wear with the upper part turned down.
    • a turndown collar

turndown meaning in Bengali

turndown in Bengali

মন্দা, প্রত্যাখ্যান, একটি ডিভাইসের কার্যকারিতার ব্যাপ্তি

Forms of turndown

pluralturndowns

Origin of turndown

Deverbal from turn down.

Questions about turndown

What does turndown mean?
Turndown means a downturn.
What is turndown in Bengali?
Turndown in Bengali is মন্দা, প্রত্যাখ্যান, একটি ডিভাইসের কার্যকারিতার ব্যাপ্তি. See Turndown meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is turndown?
Turndown can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce turndown?
Turndown is pronounced /ˈtɝnˌdaʊn/ (US).
What is the plural of turndown?
The plural of turndown is turndowns.

Words near turndown in the dictionary

  1. turncoats
  2. turncock
  3. turncocks
  4. turncurtovirus
  5. turncurtoviruses
  6. turndown
  7. turndowns
  8. turndun
  9. turnduns
  10. turneaureite
  11. turned

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Adapted from Wiktionary: turndown (page history and authors); turndown (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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