movables

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

mov•a•ble or move•a•ble /ˈmuvəbəl/   adj. 

1. capable of being moved:
   The doll's arms, legs, hands, and head were movable.
2. changing from one date to another in different years:
   Easter is a movable feast.

n. [countable]

3. an article of furniture that is not fixed in place.

See -mov-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

mov•a•ble  (mo̅o̅′və bəl), adj. 

1. capable of being moved;
   not fixed in one place, position, or posture.
2. Law (of property)
   • not permanent in reference to place;
     capable of being moved without injury.
   • personal, as distinguished from real.
3. changing from one date to another in different years:
   a movable holiday.
4. (of type or matrices) able to be rearranged.

n. 

5. an article of furniture that is not fixed in place.
6. Law Often, movables. an article of personal property not attached to land.

Also, moveable. 

• Anglo-French movable. See move, -able
• Middle English mevable, movable 1350–1400

mov′a•bil′i•ty, mov′a•ble•ness, n. 
mov′a•bly, adv.