movable

adjective

ˈmü-və-bəl How to pronounce movable (audio)
variants or moveable
Definition of movablenext
as in portable
capable of being moved especially with ease any furniture that is not movable will be covered with protective cloths by the painters

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Recent Examples of movable Lastly, another particularly fun piece of this process was the creation of a floating movable island with a huge statue of Buddha in the middle of a pond for one of our sets. — Jim Halterman, IndieWire, 24 Feb. 2025 Choose from hundreds of action figures with movable hands and arms to fight battles with monsters. — Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025 Entrepreneurs have already developed some solutions to reduce risk, such as clothing designed to cool the body, greenhouse-in-a-box kits aimed at conserving water, and foldable homes that provide rapid, movable shelter. — Alice Hill, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2025 The old offices were replaced by different spaces with movable desks for meetings and exchanging ideas. — Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for movable

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