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liftable

liftable

1.1
Easy to move up by hand or with a machine
  • adjective
  • /ˈlɪftəbl/
translation icon : elevable
  • The liftable box made it easy for them to move the equipment upstairs.

Examples

  • The new design features a liftable lid that provides easy access to the storage compartment.

  • An ingeniously inexpensive and vernacular fishing gear was the liftable artificial shelter, constructed of one or more automobile tires and sometimes covered with branches.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Lobsters are kept for one to five days in floating, fixed, or liftable web-walled tanks, through which seawater circulates freely.

    Academic text (1997)

  • She chose a liftable backpack for her hiking trip to avoid carrying too much weight.

Synonyms

movable
vsliftable
13 2.5

Can be carried to another place

is specific to upward movement and often implies lightness
moveable
vsliftable
  • UK
5 3.0

A thing that you can take to another place, like furniture

focuses on upward raising and being light enough to move by hand
raiseable
vsliftable
3.7

Can be lifted to a higher position, for example a desk leg or sunroof

implies it is light enough to lift by hand or machine
raisable
vsliftable
4.2

A person can lift it to a higher position

suggests ease of lifting, not just the possibility of raising

How Easy

portable
157 2.9
light
1 2.1
liftable
1.1
heavy
812 1.0
immovable
11 4.4

Surface Forms

liftable positive

Morphology

liftable = lift (transparent) = lift + able

Standard adjective formation from the verb 'lift' with the productive suffix '-able'; meaning directly 'able to be lifted'.

Etymology

The word liftable comes from the verb lift meaning 'to raise' and the ending -able meaning 'can be'. So a liftable object is one 'that can be raised' or moved upward by hand or a machine.