HyperDic: slowdown

English > 1 sense of the word *slowdown*:
NOUN	act	slowdown, lag, retardation	the act of slowing ... / slowing down or falling behind

slowdown > pronunciation
Sounds	slow'daw.n
Rhymes	Allentown ... Youngstown: 56 rhymes with awn...

English > *slowdown*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	The act of slowing ... / slowing down or falling behind.
Synonyms	lag, retardation
Broader	delay, holdup	The act of delaying
Spanish	desaceleración
Catalan	desacceleració, endarreriment
Verbs	slow down	lose velocity
	slow down	become slow or slower
	slow down	reduce the speed of
	slow down	cause to proceed more slowly