movable

or move·a·ble

[ moo-vuh-buhl ]

/ ˈmu və bəl /

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adjective

capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture.

Law. (of property)

not permanent in reference to place; capable of being moved without injury.
personal, as distinguished from real.

changing from one date to another in different years: a movable holiday.

(of type or matrices) able to be rearranged.

noun

an article of furniture that is not fixed in place.

Often movables. Law. an article of personal property not attached to land.

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Origin of movable

1350–1400; Middle English mevable, movable<Anglo-French movable.See move, -able

OTHER WORDS FROM movable

mov·a·bil·i·ty, mov·a·ble·ness, nounmov·a·bly, adverbnon·mov·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·mov·a·ble, adjective

non·mov·a·ble·ness, nounnon·mov·a·bly, adverbun·mov·a·ble, adjective

Words nearby movable

mouthwash, mouth-watering, mouthy, mouton, moutonnée, movable, movable-do system, movable feast, movable type, move, moveable

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How to use movable in a sentence

A movable diaphragm is attached to a fixed plate, and both are charged and have electrodes attached.
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After trading eight veterans at the deadline, leaving them with a 40-man roster full of many movable pieces, they are already much more willing to take a flier on waivers and see what happens.
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The sprayer is more movable than other bidets, which makes it optimal for all-around cleaning.
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So classrooms are divided by movable walls, allowing students to combine for some lessons, and for students to interact with different teachers.
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Oftentimes, there’s therapeutic components, behavior changes, and movable touchpoints.
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Somewhere in there is what activists call the “movable middle.”
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For many years he wrote the Movable Buffet blog and print column for the Los Angeles Times.
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For many years Abowitz wrote Movable Buffet blog and print column for Los Angeles Times.
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Abowitz is perhaps best known for writing the Movable Buffet blog and continuing print column for Los Angeles Times.
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Richard Abowitz is on the staff of Las Vegas Weekly and writes the Movable Buffet blog and column for Los Angeles Times.
The Men in the Mirror|Richard Abowitz|October 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST
This Sin Sin Wa disturbed sufficiently to reveal a movable slab in the roughly paved floor.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
The movable hour circle and driving wheel of the Crossley reflector has two sets of graduations.
Photographs of Nebul and Clusters|James Edward Keeler
Old and new measurements, tonnage, time allowances and movable ballast, are all a sealed book to me.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3)|Charles James Wills
The altar, probably a small movable one of wood, if any at all, must have stood before the presbyter.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
The movable bridge in its closed position must be proportioned like a fixed bridge, but it has also other conditions to fulfil.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for movable

movable

moveable

/ (ˈmuːvəbəl) /

adjective

able to be moved or rearranged; not fixed

(esp of religious festivals such as Easter) varying in date from year to year

(usually spelt moveable) law denoting or relating to personal property as opposed to realty

printing (of type) cast singly so that each character is on a separate piece of type suitable for composition by hand, as founder's type

noun

(often plural) a movable article, esp a piece of furniture

Derived forms of movable

movability or movableness, nounmovably, adverb

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movable

or move·a·ble

Origin of movable

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British Dictionary definitions for movable

moveable

Derived forms of movable