Pack-away

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of being folded up or disassembled for storage. not-comparable

    "The idea is for a pack-away theatre: a fully-equipped, two-hundred seater theatre building which can be dismantled and packed away, not quite into a suit-case, but into four freight-containers of the kind used for transport by road or rail — and which in this case can be used to convey our theatre."

  2. 2
    Available for storing items that are not in use. not-comparable

    "In the good old Summer time you need pack-away space and plenty of it."

  3. 3
    That must be packed away between uses. not-comparable

    "Pack-away settings raise particular challenges in creating enabling environments."

Example

More examples

"The idea is for a pack-away theatre: a fully-equipped, two-hundred seater theatre building which can be dismantled and packed away, not quite into a suit-case, but into four freight-containers of the kind used for transport by road or rail — and which in this case can be used to convey our theatre."

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