pulldown
Americannoun
Usage
What does pull-down mean? Pull-down describes something that you tug from a higher to lower position, as in Pull-down menus on mobile phones can be so tiny that they’re hard to use. The adjective pull-down comes from the verb phrase pull down, while pulldown is the mechanism that allows you to pull something down. Example: This house has a pull-down bed to save space for furniture.
Etymology
Origin of pulldown
First recorded in 1950–55; noun use of verb phrase pull down
Example Sentences
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So costs and corruption are part one, then the rest of the pulldown menu is dealing with all the power centers.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
There is also a pulldown upper bunk if you have two passengers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
As the continents continue to squeeze together, the oceanic crust is eventually replaced by continental crust, the source of the pulldown signal.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 2024
The big surprise to us was the energy pulldown.
From Reuters ● Aug. 10, 2022
This rocks a backfall, or pivoted lever, to which is attached the pulldown, a wire penetrating the bottom of the wind-chest to the pallet.
From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Williams, Archibald
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