moveable
5
3.0
- adjective
- /ˈmuːvəbl/
- UK
:
móvil
- The Girls' High School Library included a reading room, library classroom, browsing area, storage for equipment, moveable tables, glass cases for displays, and bulletin boards.
- moveable type
Generally speaking, this area here is quite movable and it tends to wrinkle up.
- Generally speaking, this area here is quite movable and it tends to wrinkle up.
- I think of it as this like sort of perfect hybrid of rigid and movable.
- Another way of looking at this is that fixed dough is for learning perfect pitch, whereas movable dough is for learning relative pitch.
- And people are not completely vocal about this because I think that some of the electorate is still movable.
Examples
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In addition, two specially constructed, moveable sections, 3 m long and 75 cm wide, were used to provide non-level walking surfaces.
Academic text (1991) -
Some careful scheduling might be necessary, but with moveable chairs it could work.
Blog text (31) -
I would start with a moveable butcher block table in the middle and storage space underneath.
Blog text (8) -
Stainless steel and super precision variations are available in fixed or moveable housing.
Academic text (1996) -
The stadium would have moveable grandstands that could roll around like pieces of a giant pie.
Blog text (20) -
Using low-level, moveable shelving, Susan has facilitated discussions, presentations, exhibits, and meetings of all kinds.
Academic text (2011) -
The office furniture is designed to be moveable, allowing for flexible arrangements during meetings.
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They installed moveable partitions in the hall to create different spaces for events.
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The artist used a moveable easel, which made it easier to adjust her canvas as she worked.
Synonyms
157
2.9
Easy to carry or move because it is small and light
81
2.7
Able to change or move easily
13
2.5
Can be carried to another place
3
3.7
Able to be moved or carried from one place to another
Able to be moved to a different place
Easy to carry by one person
A thing that can be moved to a different place
Antonyms
Compounds
How Movable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word moveable comes from the Latin verb movere 'to move' and the ending -able which means 'can be'. So, moveable means something 'that can be moved', like a chair or a stage you can pick up and put in a new place.