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collapsible

/kəˈlæps.ə.bəl/

collapsible adjective: designed to be collapsed, especially so as to be more compact when not in use.

Adjective

collapsible (comparative more collapsible, superlative most collapsible)

  1. Designed to be collapsed, especially so as to be more compact when not in use.
    • collapsible shovel

Noun

collapsible (plural collapsibles)

  1. Any object that can be collapsed to save space.
    • Some umbrellas can be unfolded manually, while the others can spring open automatically. Umbrellas are genuine collapsibles.2017, Bipin Kumar, Suman Thakur, Textiles for Advanced Applications, page 64
    1. A kind of boat that can be collapsed for greater portability.
    2. A display element that can be collapsed to hide it from view.

collapsible meaning in Tamil and Kannada

collapsible in Tamil

மடிக்கக்கூடிய

collapsible in Kannada

ಮಡಚಬಲ್ಲ, ಮಡಿಸಬಹುದಾದ, ಮಡಿಸುವಂಥ

Forms of collapsible

Adjective
comparativemore collapsible
superlativemost collapsible
alternative formcollapsable
Noun
pluralcollapsibles

Origin of collapsible

From collapse + -ible.

Words formed from collapsible

Questions about collapsible

What does collapsible mean?
Collapsible means designed to be collapsed, especially so as to be more compact when not in use.
What is collapsible in Tamil?
Collapsible in Tamil is மடிக்கக்கூடிய. See Collapsible meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is collapsible?
Collapsible can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce collapsible?
Collapsible is pronounced /kəˈlæps.ə.bəl/.

Words near collapsible in the dictionary

  1. collapsers
  2. collapses
  3. collapseth
  4. collapsibilities
  5. collapsibility
  6. collapsible
  7. collapsibles
  8. collapsin
  9. collapsing
  10. collapsins
  11. collapsion

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Adapted from Wiktionary: collapsible (page history and authors); collapsible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); collapsible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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