"pack-away" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1982, Theatre Ireland - Volumes 1-5, page 78:",
          "text": "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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        {
          "ref": "2009, Rachel Johnson, In a Good Place, page 37:",
          "text": "I am so excited at matchmaking Ana with Colin Watts that I almost celebrate by making an impulse purchase of a “pack-away TV blanket,” which folds into a cushion with a handy pocket.",
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        {
          "ref": "2010, Sven Wombwell, Allotment Gardening For Dummies:",
          "text": "You can also buy pack-away tunnels that are large enough to walk in.",
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        "Capable of being folded up or disassembled for storage."
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          "ref": "1903, The Unitarian Register - Volume 82, page 872:",
          "text": "In the good old Summer time you need pack-away space and plenty of it.",
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        {
          "ref": "1905, The Congregationalist and Christian World - Volume 90, page 203:",
          "text": "Its pack-away space is enormous, and every cent of its cost has been put into its construction, the bureau being absolutely plain, without ornamentation of any kind.",
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        "Available for storing items that are not in use."
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          "ref": "2013, Zenna Kingdon, Jan Gourd, Early Years Policy: The impact on practice:",
          "text": "Pack-away settings raise particular challenges in creating enabling environments.",
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        {
          "ref": "2019, Sue Cowley, The Ultimate Guide to Mark Making in the Early Years, page 17:",
          "text": "If you're in a pack-away early years setting, where you have to put all your resources away at the end of each session, you need to think creatively about how you store and access resources.",
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        "That must be packed away between uses."
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        {
          "ref": "1982, Theatre Ireland - Volumes 1-5, page 78:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Rachel Johnson, In a Good Place, page 37:",
          "text": "I am so excited at matchmaking Ana with Colin Watts that I almost celebrate by making an impulse purchase of a “pack-away TV blanket,” which folds into a cushion with a handy pocket.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Sven Wombwell, Allotment Gardening For Dummies:",
          "text": "You can also buy pack-away tunnels that are large enough to walk in.",
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        }
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        "Capable of being folded up or disassembled for storage."
      ],
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          "ref": "1903, The Unitarian Register - Volume 82, page 872:",
          "text": "In the good old Summer time you need pack-away space and plenty of it.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1905, The Congregationalist and Christian World - Volume 90, page 203:",
          "text": "Its pack-away space is enormous, and every cent of its cost has been put into its construction, the bureau being absolutely plain, without ornamentation of any kind.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Available for storing items that are not in use."
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        "not-comparable"
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          "text": "Pack-away settings raise particular challenges in creating enabling environments.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Sue Cowley, The Ultimate Guide to Mark Making in the Early Years, page 17:",
          "text": "If you're in a pack-away early years setting, where you have to put all your resources away at the end of each session, you need to think creatively about how you store and access resources.",
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        }
      ],
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        "That must be packed away between uses."
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      "word": "packaway"
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  "word": "pack-away"
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