movable

Definition

  • noun: something (as an article of furniture) that can be removed or displaced
  • adjective: able to be moved
  • adjective: capable of being moved
  • synonyms: transferable, transferrable, transportable

Examples

  • Easter is a 'movable feast'. [=a religious festival that occurs on a different date each year]

  • Thanksgiving is a 'movable' holiday.

  • a 'movable' antenna/partition

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - I was hoping to... - It's so nice to see you! Voilà, ma petite Adriana! (There she is, my little Adriana!) Isn't this little Parisian dream a moveable feast? Mark my words. I'm going to steal you away from that fugitive from Málaga one way or another. Between Belmonte and myself, (..)
    2011 Midnight in Paris
  • (..) along the Left Bank with a, you know, baguette under my arm, headed to Café de Flore to scribble away on my book. What did Hemingway say? He called it a "moveable feast." In this traffic, nothing moves. Well, a toast to John's new business venture here! - Cheers! - Cheers! - Congratulations. (..)
    2011 Midnight in Paris
  • (..) or where Samuels felt that ... well, fate was like a natural element, like earth, air, fire, and water. That's right, Samuels definitely personified fate. In Samuels' writing, fate is a moveable like a mountain. It stands, where man passes a way. Fate never changes. You, with pumpkin. (..)
    1978 Halloween