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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : moo-vuh-buh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmu və bəl |
Definition of movable
Origin :- also moveable, late 14c., "disposed to movement;" c.1400, "capable of being moved," from Old French movable, from moveir (see move (v.)). A moveable feast (early 15c.) is one in the Church calendar which, though always on the same day of the week, varies its date from year to year. Related: Movability.
- adj transportable
- Yet, thanks to the Fire-God, the man had saved all his movable belongings.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- To such a gallery one or two movable screens will be of great use.
- Extract from : « The Mayflower, January, 1905 » by Various
- This invention was the method of printing with movable types.
- Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
- The inner globe was movable within the outer globe, or rind.
- Extract from : « Lords of the Stratosphere » by Arthur J. Burks
- Umbones: two movable spines on the sides of prothorax in some Coleoptera.
- Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
- But fortune is so variant, and the wheel so movable, there is no constant abiding.
- Extract from : « Stories of King Arthur and His Knights » by U. Waldo Cutler
- This phenomenon, then, is the movable break of the child-voice.
- Extract from : « The Child-Voice in Singing » by Francis E. Howard
- I presume all that was movable in the ship has been carried off?
- Extract from : « Young Captain Jack » by Horatio Alger and Arthur M. Winfield
- Breechblock—a movable piece which closes the breech of a cannon.
- Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy
- A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves and drawers.
- Extract from : « Carpentry for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
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