Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
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Synonyms: mobile
Antonyms: immovable, fixed, immobile, immotile, inanimate, inert, lifeless, sessile, static, rigid, stationary, stuck, unmovable, unmoveable
adj
Changing from one time to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Synonyms: floating
Antonyms: immovable
noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: moveable, transferable, transferrable, transportable
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
(of personal property as opposed to real estate) can be moved from place to place (especially carried by hand)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: chattel, personal chattel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: personal property, personal estate, personalty, private property
History
From Old French movable. By surface analysis, move + -able.
Across languages
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
