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# turnkey

noun (turnkeys); old use

«turnkey» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A jailer who unlocks and locks the doors of a prison. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turnkey/#m1)

### In the lessons

the jailer in old prison stories, who holds the keys

### Examples

- The turnkey locked the cell door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turnkey/#x1)
- The turnkey spoke to his prisoners. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turnkey/#x2)
- I ran into the house of the turnkey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turnkey/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «turnkey» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/turnkey/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«turnkey» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/turnkey.html) on Mova free.