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.

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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
dub-cove
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedunderturnkey

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
turncoatturnerturnipturnoutturnoverturnpike

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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