Definition of Closedown

1. Noun. Termination of operations. "They regretted the closure of the day care center"

Exact synonyms: Closing, Closure, Shutdown
Generic synonyms: Conclusion, Ending, Termination
Specialized synonyms: Plant Closing, Bank Closing, Layoff
Derivative terms: Close Down, Close, Close, Close, Close, Shut Down

Definition of Closedown

1. Noun. (radio television) The point when a radio or television station shuts down transmission and goes off the air for a predetermined period, as used to happen overnight. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Closedown

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Closedown

closed session
closed set
closed shop
closed skull fracture
closed source
closed surgery
closed syllable
closed syllables
closed system
closed time loop
closed time loops
closed timelike curve
closed timelike curves
closed universe
closedness
closedown (current term)
closedowns
closefisted
closehanded
closehauled
closelipped
closely
closely-held
closely held
closely held corporation
closely knit
closemouthed
closen
closened
closeness

Literary usage of Closedown

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lumber Industry by United States Bureau of Corporations, Luther Conant, Joseph Edward Davies, Herbert Knox Smith (1914)
"The Bureau is still engaged in having the official closedown agreement signed by the straight mills. The signatures so far obtained are small, ..."

2. Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National by John Walter Osborne (1870)
"The skipper We scad before Ac wind, with sails closedown. The cabin is well drenched with water, bat we hare no time for catch sight of oar own ..."

3. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1873)
"... very difficult passage -, and another habit of putting his face closedown to the key-board at all тегу piano passages, as if to smell out the melody. ..."

4. Global Challenge and Local Response: Initiatives for Economic Regeneration by Walter B. Stöhr (1990)
"... years after the closedown, a sawmill, also heavily subsidized by the state, was established in the community. However, the sawmill burned down only a ..."

5. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1835)
"... and always keep them on at night, and during cold rain, snow, and frost, shutting them closedown in all inclement weather ; and during rigorous ..."

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