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knockdown

1 4.8

Furniture that is made to be easily put together and taken apart for moving

adjective
/ˈnɑkˌdaʊn/

Specialized

: desmontable

The knockdown shelves can be assembled without any tools, making them ideal for apartments.

Examples

After moving, we appreciated how our knockdown furniture could fit into our new space easily.
It is easy to see why he might have been attracted to a dramatic example of vengeful loyalty triumphing, albeit briefly, in a literally knockdown argument.

Academic text (1997)
This table is a knockdown design, allowing it to be easily set up and taken apart for storage.

Antonyms

permanent

650 3.2

Continuing for a long time and unlikely to change

fixed

1.0

Attached firmly to something so it cannot move

Compounds

knockdown-dragout

NSFW

1 9.7

A very violent and long fight or argument

How Easy

prefabricated

Specialized

2 4.3

knockdown

Specialized

1 4.8

fixed

1.0

Surface Forms

knockdown positive

Morphology

knockdown = knock + down (transparent) = knock + down

Adjectival use describing furniture that can be taken apart or collapsed — directly interpretable as 'able to be knocked down/dismantled' from the base words.

Etymology

Knockdown for furniture comes from the parts knock 'to take apart' and down 'apart', so it describes items you can take apart and pack flat for easy moving.