packawayadj.
/ˈpakəweɪ/, U.S. /ˈpækəˌweɪ/ attributive. Capable of being packed or folded into a small space when not in use.
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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > folded up or rolled up > able to be
voluble1662
roll-up1748
turn-up1767
shut-up1799
collapsible1843
telescoping1873
collapsing1884
packaway1892
foldaway1960
1892 Dundee Advertiser 4 Nov. 7/3 A little pack-away table, enamelled white and decorated with yellow and purple irises, looks very pretty.
1940 Times 19 June 9/1 (advt.) All-steel packaway portable ladder.
1973 Times 4 May 15/1 Up in London's Seven Sisters Road, they are marketing the best value in child-to-adult, packaway bicycles I have seen.
2003 Jakarta Post (Nexis) 25 May Coats are equipped with packaway hoods.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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