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turnover
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun turnover has 4 senses
- turnover(n = noun.linkdef) employee turnover, turnover rate - the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers; Array is a kind of ratio
- turnover(n = noun.food) Array - a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling; Array is a kind of dish
- turnover(n = noun.attribute) dollar volume - the volume measured in dollars; "the store's dollar volume continues to rise" is a kind of bulk, mass, volume
- turnover(n = noun.act) overturn, upset - the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed" is a kind of inversion, upending
has particulars: apple turnover, knish, pirogi, piroshki, pirozhki, samosa
Derived form verb turn over8
Derived form verb turn over5
Derived forms verb turn over7, verb turn over2
CIDE DICTIONARY
turnover, n.
- The act or result of turning over; an upset; as, a bad turnover in a carriage. [1913 Webster]
- A semicircular pie or tart made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, inclosing the fruit or other materials; as, an apple turnover. [1913 Webster]
- An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time. [1913 Webster]
turnover, a.
Admitting of being turned over; made to be turned over; as, a turnover collar, etc. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
turnover, n.
1 the act or an instance of turning over.
2 the amount of money taken in a business.
3 the number of people entering and leaving employment etc.
4 a small pie or tart made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling.
1 the act or an instance of turning over.
2 the amount of money taken in a business.
3 the number of people entering and leaving employment etc.
4 a small pie or tart made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling.
THESAURUS
turnover
Danish pastry, French pastry, baklava, bill of sale, blintz, capsizal, capsize, chocolate eclair, cream puff, culbute, demand, dowdy, eclair, market, mass market, outlet, overset, overthrow, overturn, pandowdy, pastry, pasty, patisserie, patty, patty-shell, pie, puff, quiche, reorganization, retail, revolution, rosette, sale, shake-up, somersault, somerset, spill, strudel, subversion, tart, tie-in, timbale, tipsy cake, trifle, upset, upturn, vol-au-vent, wholesale
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