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laydown

laydown

6.0
An area at a work site where materials are kept before use
  • noun
  • /ˈleɪˌdaʊn/
  • Jargon
translation icon : zona de almacenamiento
  • The workers set up a laydown area for the new materials.

Examples

  • Please keep all incoming shipments in the laydown area to avoid blocking the main entrance.

  • Safety regulations require that the laydown be clearly marked and kept organized at all times.

  • The construction crew placed the steel beams in the laydown until they were ready to install them.

  • Can you check the laydown for the equipment?

  • The construction crew placed the steel beams in the laydown area until they were ready to install them.

  • Please keep all incoming shipments in the laydown area to avoid blocking the main entrance.

  • Safety regulations require that the laydown area be clearly marked and kept organized at all times.

Surface Forms

laydown singular
laydowns plural

Morphology

laydown = lay (semi-transparent) = down + lay

The expression is motivated by the idea of placing materials down, but the fixed technical sense of a storage area is specialized and not fully compositional for learners. [Postprocessing: moved 'down' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

The word laydown comes from the phrase lay + down, meaning 'to put' something in a place. On a work site a laydown is simply a place where materials are 'put down' for a short time, so the word means a temporary storage area.