DETACHABLE

detachable

(adjective) designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage; “shirts with detachable collars”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

detachable (not comparable)

Designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage.

Noun

detachable (plural detachables)

Any device that is designed so that it can be detached from something else.

Source: Wiktionary


De*tach"a*ble, a.

Definition: That can be detached.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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