Definitions for tumble-down

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Spelling: [tuhm-buh l-doun]
IPA: /ˈtʌm bəlˌdaʊn/

Tumble-Down is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 547 anagrams from letters in tumble-down (-bdelmnotuw).

Definitions for tumble-down

adjective

  1. dilapidated; ruined; rundown:

Origin of tumble-down

First recorded in 1810-20

Examples for tumble-down

They came to a tumble-down barn, but she was too cold and wet to stop where there was no fire.

I am stifled in these narrow streets, amid these tumble-down houses, amid these alleys.

The woman stood in the doorway of the ramshackle, tumble-down shanty.

By these means the town acquired a tumble-down and battered appearance.

Didcot with its Banbury cakes and tumble-down station is passed.

A tumble-down place I found it, but I was overjoyed to be in it, nevertheless.

It was very picturesque and tumble-down, and dirty and interesting.

This tumble-down, six-roomed cottage was to be the saving of the family.

Pullen, he says as there's a tumble-down lime-kiln in that hollow.

There were two rough-haired, unkempt horses in the tumble-down stable.

Word Value for tumble-down
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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