movable meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

movable

adj

/ˈmuːvəbəl/

Etymology From Old French movable. By surface analysis, move + -able.

Usually Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary.

The owners had supplied the vessel with a movable derrick for the purpose of raising the gangways of the vessel when in port, in order to discharge cargo.1902, Henry Billings Brown, The Osceola:

Usually Changing from one time to another.

Easter is a movable holiday.

Synonyms: ambulatory, animate, kinetic, mobile, motile, motive, movable, vagile
Antonyms: immobile
Derived terms: movable alphabet, movable bridge, movable feast, movable letter, movableness, movable nu, movable property, movable type, movably, unmovable
Hyponyms: stationary, portable

movable

noun

Etymology From Old French movable. By surface analysis, move + -able.

Something which is movable; an article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture.