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MOVABLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
Synonyms:
chattel; movable; personal chattel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("movable" is a kind of...):
personal estate; personal property; personalty; private property (movable property (as distinguished from real estate))
Domain category:
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
article of furniture; furniture; piece of furniture (furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another
Synonyms:
movable; moveable; transferable; transferrable; transportable
Classified under:
Similar:
mobile (moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place))
Derivation:
movability; movableness (the quality of being movable; capable of being moved or rearranged)
move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of personal property as opposed to real estate) can be moved from place to place (especially carried by hand)
Classified under:
Similar:
portable (easily or conveniently transported)
Derivation:
movableness (the quality of being movable; capable of being moved or rearranged)
move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
