"demountable" meaning in English

See demountable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: EN-AU ck1 demountable.ogg [Australia] Forms: more demountable [comparative], most demountable [superlative]
Etymology: From demount + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|demount|able}} demount + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} demountable (comparative more demountable, superlative most demountable)
  1. Able to be removed from its mount; designed to be dismantled. Synonyms: dismantlable, dismantleable Translations (able to be removed from its mount; designed to be dismantled): desmuntable (Catalan), démontable [feminine, masculine] (French), desmontable [feminine, masculine] (Galician), desmontábel [feminine, masculine] (Galician), demontierbar (German), zerlegbar (German), smontabile [feminine, masculine] (Italian), desmontável [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), desmontable (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-demountable-en-adj-YVrcSYI5 Disambiguation of 'able to be removed from its mount; designed to be dismantled': 88 12
  2. (computing, of a hard drive, dated) Designed to be removed from the read mechanism. Tags: dated, of a hard drive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-demountable-en-adj-rvs9IQxm Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: detachable

Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 demountable.ogg [Australia] Forms: demountables [plural]
Etymology: From demount + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|demount|able}} demount + -able Head templates: {{en-noun}} demountable (plural demountables)
  1. (Australia) A temporary and portable building, especially a portable classroom in a school. Tags: Australia
    Sense id: en-demountable-en-noun-OimietJx Categories (other): Australian English

Inflected forms

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