knocked-down
Americanadjective
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composed of parts or units that can be disassembled.
knocked-down furniture.
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Informal. condensed, abridged, simplified, unadorned, etc..
a knocked-down version of a Broadway musical.
Etymology
Origin of knocked-down
First recorded in 1770–80
Example Sentences
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Mrs Hughes continues: "It is a very inhumane situation to be in as we can't sell, other than to National Highways at a knocked-down price."
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025
With a few more days before the school year begins, he has time, he said, to help cut knocked-down trees and distribute supplies to the affected communities.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
Once the remaining shorts took the deal at the knocked-down price, Saunders earned a lot of money, but not nearly enough.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2021
Mohammed Salah Uddin, 42, said he and 10 others returned to his village in southern Bangladesh on Thursday after crisscrossing knocked-down trees and electrical poles littering the roads.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2020
The launch which brought me alongside has a knocked-down wireless plant aboard, and I am anxious to have it set up on your good ship Narcissus—a task I shall have to oversee personally.
From Cappy Ricks Retires by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
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