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retractables

retractables is the plural of retractable.

Meaning of retractable

Noun

retractable (plural retractables)

  1. A retractable pen.
    • Somewhere in the cosmos, he said, […] there was also a planet entirely given over to Biro life forms. […] Veet Voogajig suddenly claimed to have found this planet, and to have worked there for a while driving a limousine for a family of cheap green retractables […]1979 October 12, Douglas Adams, chapter 21, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, London: Pan Books, →ISBN

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Questions about retractables

What is retractables the plural of?
Retractables is the plural of retractable.

Words near retractables in the dictionary

  1. retractable bridges
  2. retractable pencil
  3. retractable pencils
  4. retractable rooftop
  5. retractable rooftops
  6. retractables
  7. retractably
  8. retractate
  9. retractated
  10. retractates
  11. retractating

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