turnkey
/ˈtɜː(ɹ)nˌkiː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Ready to use without further assembly or test; supplied in a state that is ready to turn on and operate (typically refers to an assembly that is outsourced for manufacture).
Example Sentences
- "They wanted a turnkey solution for the entire system, but we could only provide the enclosure."
- "Third World countries no longer want to purchase nuclear projects on a turn-key basis; they want to receive advanced technical training as well."
- "He cautioned that the house “is not turnkey,” and that because it is “so unusual,” it may take a while to sell. But, he added, “It’s a joy to be selling a property with its history.”"
- "The hardware-software costs are packaged together. Turnkeys are either special purpose (e.g., only for one function such as libraries) or general purpose […]"
- "He saw the same Turnkey unfetter a man / With but little expedition, / Which put him in mind of the long debate / On the Slave-trade abolition."
- "[…]they passed through an open door into a lobby, from which a heavy gate, opposite to that by which they had entered, and which was guarded by a stout turnkey with the key in his hand, led at once into the interior of the prison."
Etymology
Usage
Inflected Forms
more turnkey (comparative)
most turnkey (superlative)
turnkeys (plural)
turnkeys (present, singular)
turnkeying (participle, present)
turnkeyed (participle, past)
turnkeyed (past)