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detachable

/dəˈtætʃəbl̩/

detachable adjective: designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage.

Adjective

detachable (not comparable)

  1. Designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage.
    • Pique and linen also accented several coats and oftentimes were both detachable and formed an overcollar covering a collar made from the coat fabric.1967, Ann Helen Stroup, An Investigation of the Dress of American Children from 1930 Through 1941 with Emphasis on Factors Influencing Change, page 195

Noun

detachable (plural detachables)

  1. Any device that is designed so that it can be detached from something else.
    • For the past few months, the red HP Pavilion X2 10-n055na has been my pick of the detachables at £249.99.2015 November 5, Jack Schofield, “Which laptop should we buy for our child?”, in The Guardian

detachable meaning in Malayalam and Punjabi

detachable in Malayalam

വേർപിരിക്കാവുന്ന, വിഘടിക്കാവുന്ന, വേർപെടുത്താവുന്ന

detachable in Punjabi

detachable, loose, unfastened, disjointed
ਉੱਖੜਵਾਂ ukkhaṛvā̃

Forms of detachable

pluraldetachables

Origin of detachable

From French détachable, detach + -able.

Words formed from detachable

Questions about detachable

What does detachable mean?
Detachable means designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage.
What is detachable in Malayalam?
Detachable in Malayalam is വേർപിരിക്കാവുന്ന, വിഘടിക്കാവുന്ന, വേർപെടുത്താവുന്ന. See Detachable meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is detachable?
Detachable can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce detachable?
Detachable is pronounced /dəˈtætʃəbl̩/ (UK).

Words near detachable in the dictionary

  1. detaboo
  2. detabooed
  3. detach
  4. detachabilities
  5. detachability
  6. detachable
  7. detachableness
  8. detachables
  9. detachably
  10. detached
  11. detached from reality

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Adapted from Wiktionary: detachable (page history and authors); detachable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਉੱਖੜਵਾਂ (Punjabi) (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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