Meaning

2 senses
  1. A system that is supplied ready to switch on and operate.

  2. (dated)A warder or jailer; a keeper of the keys in a prison.

    Gefangenenwärter, Gefangenenwärterin, Gefängniswärter

    тюре́мщикtjurémščik, надзира́тельnadzirátelʹ, вертуха́йvertuxáj

More definitions
  • someone who guards prisoners

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The company offers turnkey solutions for small businesses.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · rul · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

7 languages
Русский
slang: warder:
Deutsch
slang: warder:

Origin

From turn + key.

From turn + key.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: turnkeys
Singularturnkey
Pluralturnkeys

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
turnkey — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto