turndown

[ turn-doun ]
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adjective
  1. that is or may be turned down; folded or doubled down: a turndown collar.

noun
  1. an act or instance of being refused or rejected: He got turndowns from all the better colleges.

Origin of turndown

1
First recorded in 1830–40; from verb phrase turn down

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How to use turndown in a sentence

  • I bought me some sateen shirts,–black, too, with turn-down collars and little bits of white stripes.

    Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher | Eleanor Gates
  • The mast is on a hinge, so that it can turn down backward, and lie along flat on the deck of the boat.

    Rollo in Holland | Jacob Abbott
  • We turn down a steep path in silent awe before so great a masterpiece.

  • We walk on briskly and turn down a side street; here at last is what I have been looking for, and well worth finding it is too!

  • He would turn down unfrequented corners and sail by unfamiliar terraces, aware of nothing but the languors of effortless motion.

    Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton Mackenzie

British Dictionary definitions for turn down

turn down

verb(tr, adverb)
  1. to reduce (the volume or brightness) of (something): turn the radio down

  2. to reject or refuse

  1. to fold down (a collar, sheets on a bed, etc)

adjectiveturndown
  1. (prenominal) capable of being or designed to be folded or doubled down

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Other Idioms and Phrases with turndown

turndown

Fold or double down, as in They always turn down your bed here, or Turn down your collar. [c. 1600]

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