demountable

English

Etymology

From demount +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

demountable (comparative more demountable, superlative most demountable)

Able to be removed from its mount; designed to be dismantled.
Synonyms: dismantlable, dismantleable
(computing, of a hard drive, dated) Designed to be removed from the read mechanism.

Related terms

detachable

Translations

able to be removed from its mount; designed to be dismantled

Catalan: desmuntable
French: démontable (fr) m or f
Galician: desmontable (gl) m or f, desmontábel (gl) m or f
German: demontierbar (de), zerlegbar (de)
Italian: smontabile (it) m or f
Portuguese: desmontável m or f
Spanish: desmontable

Noun

demountable (plural demountables)

(Australia) A temporary and portable building, especially a portable classroom in a school.
- 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin 2003, p. 31:
  She opened the door and looked out into the broad passageway between the wings of the demountable.

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