KNOCKDOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does knockdown mean? 

• KNOCKDOWN (noun)
  The noun KNOCKDOWN has 1 sense:

1. a blow that knocks the opponent off his feet

  Familiarity information: KNOCKDOWN used as a noun is very rare.

• KNOCKDOWN (adjective)
  The adjective KNOCKDOWN has 1 sense:

1. (furniture) easily assembled and dismantled

  Familiarity information: KNOCKDOWN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KNOCKDOWN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A blow that knocks the opponent off his feet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("knockdown" is a kind of...):

blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)

Derivation:

knock down (knock down with force)

• KNOCKDOWN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(furniture) easily assembled and dismantled

Context example:

I bought a knockdown chest at the do-it-yourself store

Similar:

collective (forming a whole or aggregate)

Domain category:

article of furniture; furniture; piece of furniture (furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy)

 Context examples 

It was a backward slip rather than a knockdown, but a thin trickle of blood was seen at the corner of Jim’s mouth.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This process is known as ‘gene knockdown’.

(Nanoparticles used to transport anti-cancer agent to cells, University of Cambridge)