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shutoff

noun

Etymology

Deverbal from shut off.

Definitions

  1. A valve used to turn something off.

    • The fire raged for hours because they were unable to reach the shutoff for the gas line.

  2. The act of turning something off.

    • The letter warned of an impending shutoff if payment was not made promptly.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for shutoff. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA