Meanings
alternative removeable
- not comparableAble to be removed.
Five of these sections are covered by removable roof panels through which the transmissions, engines and carriage warming boiler can be lifted.
1958 September 28, “Swindon's First Main-Line Diesel Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 6012 more examples
Molded by Mattel in forest green, this action figure was garbed in a removable yellow, sleeveless shawl. He is worth substantially more money if this filigree drapery is still intact.
2005, John Kenneth Muir, An Analytical Guide to Television’s Battlestar Galactica, page 187The interior melamine panels were designed to be easily removable for repair or future refurbishment, and the linoleum floor was for easy cleaning.
2023 February 22, Howard Johnston, “Southern '313s': is the end now in sight?”, in RAIL, number 977, pages 42–43
plural removables · alternative removeable
- Something that can be removed.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecapable of being removed or taken away or dismissed
adjectiveable to be obliterated completely
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
- Proto-Italic*moweō
- Latinmoveō
- Latinremoveō
- Old Frenchremovoir
- Anglo-Normanremover
- Middle Englishremoven
- Englishremove
- Englishremovable
Translations
Bulgarian отстраним, сменяем
- отстраним (otstranim)able to be removed
- сменяем (smenjaem)able to be removed
Catalan desmuntable, extraïble
- desmuntableable to be removed
- extraïbleable to be removed
Dutch uitneembaar
- uitneembaarable to be removed
Finnish irroitettava
- irroitettavaable to be removed
French amovible
- amovibleable to be removed
German entfernbar
- entfernbarable to be removed
Greek αφαιρετός, αφαιρέσιμος
- αφαιρετός (afairetós)able to be removed
- αφαιρέσιμος (afairésimos)able to be removed
- μετακινητός (metakinitós)able to be removed
Hungarian eltávolítható
- eltávolíthatóable to be removed
Italian amovibile, asportabile
- amovibileable to be removed
- asportabileable to be removed
- estraibileable to be removed
- rimovibileable to be removed
- scalzabileable to be removed
- sfoderabileable to be removed
- staccabileable to be removed
Norwegian Bokmål avtagbar, avtakbar
- avtagbarable to be removed
- avtakbarable to be removed
Portuguese extraível, removível
- extraívelable to be removed
- removívelable to be removed
Russian съёмный
- съёмный (sʺjómnyj)able to be removed
Spanish extraíble, de quita y pon
- extraíbleable to be removed
- de quita y ponable to be removed
Tagalog lagay-alis
- lagay-alisable to be removed
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
removable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/removable
“removable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/removable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “removable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/removable.
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