mobile
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈmoʊbəl/
- Mom's face softened as my sister's fist unclenched and the mobile fell to the floor.
- Calder's hanging mobile
Examples
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I looked up at the exposed ceiling fixture where the lampshade and mobile had come unmoored.
Fiction book (1996) -
There's been a display of the mobile sculptures of Alexander Calder.
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The electricity system may be likened to a giant mobile with suspended weights.
Academic text (2004) -
Maybe make a mobile; she used to like to make mobiles out of wire hangers and cut-out stars.
Fiction book (1996) -
Street signs, funny posters, faux Tiffany lamps, mobiles, lava lamps, an inflatable sex doll, etc.
Fiction book (2002) -
Brahms played incessantly while bright mobiles wobbled from monitor stands and the Madonnas blinked serenely.
Fiction book (1995) -
The colorful mobile above the crib kept the baby entertained as it spun gently.
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In the art gallery, the mobile made of metal and glass danced gracefully in the breeze.
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He crafted a beautiful mobile featuring birds and stars that hung from the ceiling.
Antonyms
Compounds
How Mobile
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mobile comes from the Latin mobilis, meaning 'movable', and shares the same root as move and motion. A decorative mobile hangs and turns in the air, so it is literally a 'movable' piece of art.