adj. & n. (also moveable)
--adj.
1. that can be moved.
2 Law (of property) of the nature of a chattel, as distinct from land or buildings.
3 (of a feast or festival) variable in date from year to year.
--n.
1. an article of furniture that may be removed from a house, as distinct from a fixture.
2 (in pl.) personal property.
Phrases and idioms:
movable-doh Mus. applied to a system of sight-singing in which doh is the keynote of any major scale (cf. fixed-doh).
Derivatives:
movability n. movableness n. movably adv.
Etymology: ME f. OF (as MOVE)