removable
Something that can be removed.
Adjective
- Able 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 5, “Swindon's First Main-Line Diesel Locomotive”, in...
- 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...
- The 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...
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Proto-Italic *wremoweō Latin removeō Old French removoir Anglo-Norman removerbor. Middle English removen English remove Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English removable From remove + -able.
Forms
Derived
irremovable nonremovable photoremovable removableness removably unremovable
Noun
- Something that can be removed.