English-Thai Dictionary
movable
ADJ ซึ่ง เคลื่อนที่ ได้ sueng-kluan-ti-dai
movable feast
N เทศกาล ทาง ศาสนา ซึ่ง มี วัน จัดงาน เปลี่ยนไป ทุกปี tad-sa-kan-tang-sad-sa-na-sueng-me-wan-jad-pian-pai-tuk-pe
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MOVABLE
a.[from move. ] That may be moved; that can or may be lifted, carried, drawn, turned or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion. 1. That may or does change from one time to another; as a movable feast.
A movable letter, in Hebrew grammar, is one that is pronounced, as opposed to one that is quiescent.
MOVABLENESS
n.The state or quality of being movable; mobility; susceptibility of motion.
MOVABLES
plu. Goods, wares, commodities, furniture; any species of property not fixed, and thus distinguished from houses and lands.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MOVABLE
Mov "a *ble, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. movable. See Move. ]
1. Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine.
2. Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year. Movable letter (Heb. Gram. ), a letter that is pronounced, as opposed to one that is quiescent.
MOVABLE
Mov "a *ble, n.; pl. Movables (.
1. An article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture. Furnished with the most rich and princely movables. Evelyn.
2. (Rom. Law )
Defn: Property not attached to the soil.
Note: The word is not convertible with personal property, since rents and similar incidents of the soil which are personal property by our law are immovables by the Roman law. Wharton.
MOVABLENESS
MOVABLENESS Mov "a *ble *ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being movable; mobility; susceptibility of motion.
New American Oxford Dictionary
movable
mov a ble |ˈmo͞ovəbəl ˈmuvəbəl |(also moveable ) ▶adjective 1 capable of being moved: they stripped the town of all movable objects and fled. • (of a feast or festival ) variable in date from year to year. See also movable feast. 2 Law (of property ) of the nature of a chattel, as distinct from land or buildings. Compare with heritable. ▶noun (usu. movables ) property or possessions not including land or buildings. • an article of furniture that may be removed from a house, as distinct from a fixture. DERIVATIVES mov a bil i ty |ˌmo͞ovəˈbilətē |noun, mov a bly |-blē |adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, from moveir ‘to move. ’
movable-do
mov a ble-do |dō ˌmuvəbəl ˈdoʊ |(Brit. movable-doh ) ▶adjective [ attrib. ] Music denoting a system of solmization (such as tonic sol-fa ) in which do is the keynote of any major scale. Compare with fixed-do.
movable feast
mov a ble feast |ˈmuvəbəl fist | ▶noun a religious feast day that does not occur on the same calendar date each year. The term refers most often to Easter and other Christian holy days whose dates are related to it.
Oxford Dictionary
movable
movable |ˈmuːvəb (ə )l |(also moveable ) ▶adjective 1 capable of being moved: they stripped the town of all movable objects and fled. • (of a feast or festival ) variable in date from year to year. 2 Law (of property ) of the nature of a chattel, as distinct from land or buildings. Compare with heritable ( sense 2 ). ▶noun (usu. movables ) property or possessions not including land or buildings. • an article of furniture that may be removed from a house, as distinct from a fixture. DERIVATIVES movability |-ˈbɪlɪti |noun, movably adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, from moveir ‘to move ’.
movable-doh
movable-doh ▶adjective denoting a system of solmization (such as tonic sol-fa ) in which doh is the keynote of any major scale. Compare with fixed-doh.
movable feast
mov |able feast ▶noun a religious feast day that does not occur on the same calendar date each year, in particular Easter Day and other Christian holy days whose dates are related to it.
American Oxford Thesaurus
movable
movable adjective 1 movable objects: portable, transportable, transferable; mobile. 2 movable dates: variable, changeable, alterable. ANTONYMS fixed.
Oxford Thesaurus
movable
movable adjective 1 movable objects: portable, transportable, transferable; mobile; adjustable, flexible, detachable; rare portative. ANTONYMS immovable. 2 a calendar for all religious feasts, both fixed and movable: variable, changeable, alterable, unfixed, floating. ANTONYMS fixed, immovable.
movables
movables plural noun possessions, belongings, effects, property, goods, chattels, things, stuff, paraphernalia, impedimenta; informal gear; rare plenishings. ANTONYMS fixtures, fittings.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
movable
mov a ble /múːvəb (ə )l /形容詞 2 , 3 は比較なし 1 動かせる, 固定していない (↔immovable ).2 〈祭日などが 〉年によって日の変わる .3 動産の (personal )(↔real )▸ movable property 動産 名詞 C 〖通例 ~s 〗〘法 〙動産 ; (動かせる )家財, 家具 (↔fixture ).~̀ f é ast 移動祝祭日 〘Easterのように曜日で決まっていて年によって日が変わるもの 〙.