pulldown
a mechanism that intermittently advances the film through the film gate of a camera or projector.
Origin of pulldown
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Other definitions for pull-down (2 of 2)
designed to be pulled down for use: a pull-down bed; a desk with a pull-down front.
Origin of pull-down
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How to use pulldown in a sentence
It’ll run you through a few cornerstone lifts like lat pulldowns and squats to collect feedback and establish your baseline strength.
After 100 Workouts on Tonal, I’m Never Going to a Gym Again | wsiler | February 12, 2022 | Outside OnlineJust now he was sitting at the small pulldown chow table peering at some papers, records of the moon expedition.
First on the Moon | Jeff Sutton
British Dictionary definitions for pull down
(tr, adverb) to destroy or demolish: the old houses were pulled down
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with pulldown
Demolish, destroy, as in They pulled down several old office buildings downtown. [Early 1500s]
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