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movable adjective [ ˈmuːvəb(ə)l ]

• capable of being moved.
• "they stripped the town of all movable objects and fled"
Similar: portable, transportable, transferable, mobile, adjustable, flexible, detachable, portative,
Opposite: immovable,
• (of property) of the nature of a chattel, as distinct from land or buildings.
• "a man of sufficient movable property but with hardly any land"

movable noun

• property or possessions not including land or buildings.
• "in many cases the movables are the facilities and stock-in-trade of a business"
Similar: possessions, belongings, effects, property, goods, chattels, things, stuff, paraphernalia, impedimenta, gear, plenishings,
Opposite: fixtures, fittings,
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French, from moveir ‘to move’.


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