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movable

Pronunciation: /ˈmuːvəb(ə)l/
(also moveable)
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Definition of movable

adjective

  • 1capable of being moved:they stripped the town of all movable objects and fled
  • (of a feast or festival) variable in date from year to year: a perpetual calendar for all religious feasts, both fixed and movable
  • 2 Law (of property) of the nature of a chattel, as distinct from land or buildings: a man of sufficient movable property but with hardly any landCompare with heritable (sense 2).

noun

(usually movables)
  • property or possessions not including land or buildings: in many cases the movables are the facilities and stock-in-trade of a business a tax of one shilling in the pound on movables
  • an article of furniture that may be removed from a house, as distinct from a fixture: all the movables have been removed and the roof has fallen in

Derivatives

movability

Pronunciation: /-ˈbɪlɪti/
noun

movably

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French, from moveir 'to move'

Spelling help

Movable can also be spelled moveable, with an e in the middle; both are correct.

movable in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of movable in the US English dictionary
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