detachable
- adjective
- /dɪˈtæʧəbl/
- Her backpack has a detachable strap, allowing it to be used as a handbag.
OK, the the long silk dress with the detachable flower belt.
- OK, the the long silk dress with the detachable flower belt.
- You will, you know, want to use a detachable collar like this one with the detachable the the separate stats.
- So like so it's a blow up doll and is is the vag like same material as like a balloon where it's detachable.
- Like the top has fallen off many many times have that whole detachable head thing going on.
Examples
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Ask her which bathroom has a detachable showerhead.
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The text was displayed using white detachable letters on a large blackboard, with a handwritten signature at the bottom.
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But how could it do that given its detachable design?
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This one right here is actually a working prototype complete with detachable keyboard.
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So obviously that's detachable, so we can separate the pieces and they just hook together when we put it on.
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And so in here is a dress form from mid thighs all the way up to shoulders with detachable arms.
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Claws, cutters, and other tools are designed to be readily detachable for maintenance and replacement by other tools.
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There is a detachable organizer to hold diskettes, pens, business cards, and cables.
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Teachers can create customized quizzes using the game's detachable keyboard, scoreboard, and base control unit.
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The chair was equipped with swinging detachable footrests and desk-length armrests and weighed 22 kg.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
Something you can take off or move to another place
Part of something that can be removed from the rest, for example a clause in a contract
Made so it can be easily taken off or opened, like a strap
A separate part you can add to a device or program to give new features
Able to be separated or treated as separate from something else
Antonyms
How Removable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Detachable comes from de- 'off' and the common word attach 'to fasten', so it originally meant 'able to be taken off'. That's why a detachable part is one you can remove from something without damage.