adj
Meaning 1
In disrepair; poorly maintained.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- They lived in a tumbledown shack on the edge of the woods.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tumbledown
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History
Etymology
Deverbal from tumble down.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: разнебитен (raznebiten) — in disrepair, poorly maintained
- Bulgarian: порутен (poruten) — in disrepair, poorly maintained
- Danish: fallefærdig — in disrepair, poorly maintained
- Hungarian: ütött-kopott — in disrepair, poorly maintained
- Norwegian Bokmål: falleferdig — in disrepair, poorly maintained
- Norwegian Nynorsk: falleferdig — in disrepair, poorly maintained
- Russian: обветша́лый (obvetšályj) — in disrepair, poorly maintained
- Spanish: ruinoso — in disrepair, poorly maintained