Removable
[rɪ'muːvəbl] or [rɪ'muvəbl]
Definition
(adj.) capable of being removed or taken away or dismissed; 'a removable cord'; 'removable partitions' .
Checker: Marge--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Admitting of being removed.
Edited by Beverly
Examples
- The giant rolls consist of a pair of iron cylinders of massive size and weight, with removable wearing plates having irregular surfaces formed by projecting knobs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Some were breech-loaders, having a removable chamber at the breech into which the charge of powder was inserted behind the ball. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The space in the center of the car contains the fenders, and other removable parts of the equipment. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The carriage and limber have each two removable interchangeable ammunition boxes for 12 rounds each, with a box for 12 rounds below the axle of the limber. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In this way the actual cost of the water supply can be reduced to scarcely more than $3, the removable pump being a permanent possession. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Edited by Clifford