Meanings
- alternativeAlternative spelling of movable.
1 more example
The portals are being constructed in situ, using a moveable mould that is made up of three parts. The inner form traveller supports the weight of the steel rebar and concrete as it is being poured and forms the inner shape of the portal. The external shape is formed by wall sections (assembled in situ) and a moveable arch-shaped outer section.
2024 March 20, Chris Howe, “High speed underneath the Chilterns...”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 33
plural moveables
- alternativeAlternative spelling of movable.
And for these great affairs do ask some charge, Towards our assistance we do seize to us The plate, coin, revenues, and moveables, Whereof our uncle Gaunt did stand possess'd.
1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecapable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another
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moveable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moveable
“moveable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moveable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moveable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moveable.
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