MOVEABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does moveable mean? 

• MOVEABLE (adjective)
  The adjective MOVEABLE has 1 sense:

1. capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another

  Familiarity information: MOVEABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOVEABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another

Synonyms:

movable; moveable; transferable; transferrable; transportable

Similar:

mobile (moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place))

Derivation:

move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

 Context examples 

An orthopedic device used to support a moveable body part.

(Brace, NCI Thesaurus)

It was indeed a moveable pair of stairs, the lowest end placed at ten feet distance from the wall of the chamber.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

The moveable lower part is called the mandible.

(Jaw Injuries and Disorders, NIH)

This is a fledgling technology that uses a series of moveable and semi-permeable membranes, under which the composting process takes place.

(Scientists validate a new technology that transforms sewage sludge into fertilizer more efficiently, University of Granada)

The moveable covers enable temperatures to be monitored throughout the process, which, during the first stage, rise above the critical point of 55 degrees—the temperature necessary for the organic matter present in the sludge to be sterilised.

(Scientists validate a new technology that transforms sewage sludge into fertilizer more efficiently, University of Granada)