Definitions for broken-down

broken-down bro·ken-down

Spelling: [broh-kuh n-doun]
IPA: /ˈbroʊ kənˈdaʊn/

Broken-Down is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 290 anagrams from letters in broken-down (-bdeknnoorw).

Definitions for broken-down

adjective

  1. shattered or collapsed, as with age; infirm.
  2. having given way with use or age; out of working order:

Origin of broken-down

First recorded in 1810-20

Examples for broken-down

So far Harry's tour of the Caribbean has been a riot of informality with booze, boogies and broken-down boats a-plenty.

"They go from broken-down, infected teeth or no teeth at all to feeling great about themselves again," she said.

On the contrary, he helped the broken-down man to leave the country.

It was a journey we made in a broken-down Lada that had no seat belts or windshield wipers.

In her broken-down green wedgies she clattered toward the door.

Here, instead of verbalizing her emotions, Winslet oozes dread via her broken-down visage, and slight mannerisms.

I never dreamed that you could care for an old, staid, broken-down bookworm like me.

The Caine is finally decommissioned in the fall of 1945, after steaming its broken-down way home from Okinawa.

With trembling limbs he left the court-room a broken-down man.

A broken-down, retired Russian official was to be found there sometimes in the evening.

Word Value for broken-down
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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