CLOSEDOWN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Termination of operations

Example:

they regretted the closure of the day care center

Synonyms:

closedown; closing; closure; shutdown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("closedown" is a kind of...):

conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "closedown"):

plant closing (act of shutting down operation of a plant)

bank closing (act of closing down a bank because of a fiscal emergency or failure)

layoff (the act of laying off an employee or a work force)

Derivation:

close down (cease to operate or cause to cease operating)