DEMOUNTABLE

Etymology

Adjective

demountable (comparative more demountable, superlative most demountable)

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

Synonym: detachable

(computing, of a hard drive, dated) Designed to be removed from the read mechanism.

Noun

demountable (plural demountables)

(Australia, colloquial) A temporary and portable building, especially a portable classroom in a school.

Source: Wiktionary


De*mount"a*ble, [See De-; Mount.]

Definition: Capable of being dismounted; -- said of a form of rim, for an automobile wheel, which can be removed with its tire from the wheel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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