demountable

comparative more demountable · superlative most demountable

1. Able to be removed from its mount; designed to be dismantled.

   Synonyms: dismantlable, dismantleable

2. datedcomputingDesigned to be removed from the read mechanism.

plural demountables

1. AustraliaA temporary and portable building, especially a portable classroom in a school.

   A whole row of demountables has been abandoned, the window bagged with bright orange plastic.

   1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 4

   1 more example

   She opened the door and looked out into the broad passageway between the wings of the demountable.

   2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 31