mov·able
ˈmü-və-bəl 
variants
or moveable
1
: capable of being moved
2
: changing date from year to year
movable holidays
variants
or moveable
: something (such as an article of furniture) that can be removed or displaced
Synonyms
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
Noun
when painting a room, you should first cover or remove all of the movables
packed our movables into the van and headed off to our new home
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Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 4 Dec. 2024
The annual salary is movable, if the Rockets desire to go that route, but a 10% trade kicker included in the deal, per reports, gives Green some degree of protection.
—Rahat Huq, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
Islands, some movable, are light gray or dark wood.
—Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
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Adjective
As Architectural Record points out, Ban’s interest in movable design is in reference to Japanese shoji screens, which were traditionally doors or room dividers that could be opened and closed or moved around to easily reconfigure the layout of a space.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 4 Dec. 2024
The annual salary is movable, if the Rockets desire to go that route, but a 10% trade kicker included in the deal, per reports, gives Green some degree of protection.
—Rahat Huq, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
For those who want to boss around inanimate objects verbally, a voice command would also get the movables moving.
—Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
Islands, some movable, are light gray or dark wood.
—Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
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“Movable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/movable. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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movable
1 of 2 adjective
mov·able
variants
or moveable
1
: capable of being moved : not fixed
2
: changing date from year to year
Thanksgiving is a movable holiday
movable
2 of 2 noun
variants
or moveable
: a piece of property (as an article of furniture) that can be moved
Legal Definition
movable
2 of 2 noun
variants
or moveable
: 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
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