relocatable

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adjective

That can be relocated.

Similar
mobilemovableportabletransportable
OriginEnglish relocate ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
Less commonScrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectiverelocatable (comparative more relocatable, superlative most relocatable)

comparative more relocatable · superlative most relocatable

  1. That can be relocated.

    [Thoreau Type GWM Mid Age] Seeks similar independent person relocatable to idylic ^([sic]) remote area. Interests must include self sufficiency, honesty, value of quality of life over monetary gain.

    1987 August 22, “Thoreau Type GWM Mid Age (personal advertisementR”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 6, page 13
    1. Movable, but not functional/usable while being transported.
    2. computingThat functions identically at any address in memory.
nounrelocatable (plural relocatables)

plural relocatables

  1. A temporary building that can be dismantled and set up in another location.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
mobilemovableportabletransportable
Also see
relocable

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishlocate
  7. Englishrelocate
  8. Englishrelocatable

From relocate + -able.

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Translations

Icelandic færanlegur
  • færanlegurcomputing: that functions identically at any address in memory
Cite this entry
APA

relocatable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relocatable

MLA

“relocatable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relocatable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “relocatable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relocatable.

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