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winddown

winddown noun: the process of winding something down.

Noun

winddown (usually uncountable, plural winddowns)

  1. (usually) The process of winding something down.
    • Keeping this power apart from the Fed also prevents it from being drawn into the political maelstrom of whether to lend funds to a weakened institution or to seize it for an orderly winddown.2009 August 2, “Letters: Risk and Regulation”, in New York Times

Forms of winddown

pluralwinddowns

Origin of winddown

Deverbal from wind down.

Questions about winddown

What does winddown mean?
Winddown means the process of winding something down.
What part of speech is winddown?
Winddown is a noun.
What is the plural of winddown?
The plural of winddown is winddowns.

Words near winddown in the dictionary

  1. windchime
  2. windchimes
  3. windclothes
  4. windcuffer
  5. windcuffers
  6. winddown
  7. winddowns
  8. winde
  9. Windeatt
  10. Windeatts
  11. winded

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