movable

adjective

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mov·able | \ ˈmü-və-bəl

variants: or moveable

Definition of movable

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : capable of being moved

2 : changing date from year to year movable holidays

movable

noun

variants: or moveable

Definition of movable (Entry 2 of 2)

: something (such as an article of furniture) that can be removed or displaced

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Other Words from movable

Adjective

movability \ ˌmü-və-ˈbi-lə-tē

\ noun

movableness \ ˈmü-və-bəl-nəs

\ noun

movably \ ˈmü-və-blē

\ adverb

Synonyms & Antonyms for movable

Synonyms: Adjective

Antonyms: Adjective

Examples of movable in a Sentence

Adjective Thanksgiving is a movable holiday. any furniture that is not movable will be covered with protective cloths by the painters

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective There were no federal safety standards at the time, but engineer Joseph Strauss insisted on hard hats, safety lines and a movable net for his crew. — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2022 Midcentury trademarks, however, can still be seen throughout the home, like walls of movable glass, oversized living spaces and a single-story layout. — Spencer Elliott, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022 Set and costume designer Soutra Gilmour taps only a few chairs, a single mirror, and a movable stage, while keeping the cast in modern streetwear. — Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2022 Together, their series of cocktail parties, private art tours and pop-up shopping events is a movable feast of summertime chic. — Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 5 May 2022 Eid al-Fitr is known as a movable feast on the solar Gregorian calendar. — Manal Aman, Woman's Day, 4 Apr. 2022 While the Badillac was a sort of comprehensive movable visual feast, with a trope toward kitchenware, the Stratus was more narrowly defined with a spaceship theme. — Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2022 China may have been first to use movable-type printing 1,000 years ago, but its typesetters were left far behind by the invention of the linotype machine in the 1880s. — Hugo Restall, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2022 From the late 17th century, a sort was an individual letter, a piece of movable type. — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Feb. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Two weeks later, the Post published photos of escalators being installed and the cleanup of the area to which the movable seats would located in the baseball configuration. — Mark Schmetzer, Cincinnati.com, 16 May 2020 Pairing him with Budda Baker gives Arizona two dynamic movable chess pieces, which will help a defense that has struggled mightily on third down. — Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 27 Apr. 2020 In 2015, the draft became a movable feast, taking over a different city every year, because that’s what out-of-control monsters do. — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 22 Apr. 2020 Baun would also be an outstanding movable JACK linebacker if the team opts to run any three-man fronts. — John Owning, Dallas News, 25 Mar. 2020 In 1941, the Ford Motor Company's engineers innovated a movable, affordable infant incubator that aimed to reduce infant deaths in hospitals. — A. J. Baime, Car and Driver, 31 Mar. 2020 The transportation agency is considering carving out temporary bike lanes and taking away traffic lanes from cars by using orange cones or movable barriers. — Winnie Hu, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2020 The shelves are movable, opening and closing with a giant crank. — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020 At the end of the day, the people who are movable from Trump to the Democratic Party are for some reason also moved by Bernie and Biden. — Emily Larsen, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2020 See More

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movable

adjective

mov·able

variants: or moveable \ ˈmü-və-bəl \

Kids Definition of movable

1 : possible to move movable desks

2 : changing date from year to year Thanksgiving is a movable holiday.

movable

adjective

mov·able

variants: or moveable \ ˈmü-və-bəl

Legal Definition of movable

(Entry 1 of 2)

: capable of being moved

movable

noun

variants: or moveable

Legal Definition of movable (Entry 2 of 2)

: an item of movable property also : a right or interest (as a chattel mortgage) in an item of movable property bonds and annuities are incorporeal movables —often used in pl. — compare immovable