moveable

[ moo-vuh-buh l ]

/ ˈmu və bəl /

adjective, noun

movable.

Nearby words

move on, move out, move up, move-in, move-out, moveable, moveless, movelessly, movement, mover, mover and shaker

Related formsun·move·a·ble, adjective

Definition for moveable (2 of 2)

movable

or move·a·ble

[ moo-vuh-buh l ]

/ ˈmu və bəl /

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.

Origin of movable

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

Related forms

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

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Examples from the Web for moveable

“He did have a point, though, and I knew it very well,” Hemingway wrote in A Moveable Feast.
America's Drunkest Writer|Jimmy So|July 17, 2011|DAILY BEAST
This week: a restored edition of A Moveable Feast, a screwball romance, and an epic biography of Lance Armstrong.
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Take for illustration two musical strings, one with fixed attachments, and the other with a moveable bridge or stop.
Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science|Hudson Tuttle
The moveable adjuncts to the table are cues, balls, butt, and a rest or jigger.
Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopdia of Sports and Amusements|Various

By a process of exclusions I came to the belief that possibly the monument itself might be moveable.
The Mystery of the Sea|Bram Stoker
Mr Locke remarks a distinction between money and other moveable goods.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations|Adam Smith
It is composed of a squat truncated cone of tempered steel, which enters into an eye of the moveable piece P, D.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure

British Dictionary definitions for moveable

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 Formsmovability or movableness, nounmovably, adverb

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Word Origin and History for moveable

movable

adj.

also moveable, late 14c., "disposed to movement;" c.1400, "capable of being moved," from Old French movable, from moveir (see move (v.)). A moveable feast (early 15c.) is one in the Church calendar which, though always on the same day of the week, varies its date from year to year. Related: Movability.