Definitions
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- Capable of being dismounted; -- said of a form of rim, for an automobile wheel, which can be removed with its tire from the wheel.
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- adjective Able to be removed from its
mount ; designed to bedismantled ;detachable ;portable . - adjective computing, of a hard drive (
dated ) Designed to be removed from the read mechanism.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The chief drawback was that a wide range of infill products, such as demountable walls and relocatable plumbing systems, were simply not available on the market.
Living Smaller 1991
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The chief drawback was that a wide range of infill products, such as demountable walls and relocatable plumbing systems, were simply not available on the market.
Living Smaller 1991
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On the term "conference demountable unit", used to describe a portable incident room, she said: "As far as I can tell, management jargon is taking over organisations and perfectly sensible, straightforward titles are being changed.
The Guardian World News Alexandra Topping 2011
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"demountable," explaining that after the war boom these houses can be taken down and moved away.
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Without subsidy, large-scale work needs large-scale audiences: Not long ago, the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester used to tour their work using a demountable version of their main house.
Best bits: on the road – exploring new models of touring 2011
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Galerie Patrick Seguin will present live daily, the setting up and taking down of a Jean Prouvé six-square-meter demountable bungalow, created in 1944 for war victims in Lorraine.
Maturing Gracefully Emma Crichton-Miller 2011
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Galerie Patrick Seguin will present live daily, the setting up and taking down of a Jean Prouvé six-square-meter demountable bungalow, created in 1944 for war victims in Lorraine.
Maturing Gracefully Emma Crichton-Miller 2011
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Her state-of-the-art technology included a seaplane which could be dismantled and hidden below decks, along with a demountable fake funnel and telescopic masts to change her profile — an artful disguise in an era when identifying a ship was still a matter of staring through binoculars at a distant silhouette.
The Wolf That Ravaged the Pacific Richard Guilliatt 2010
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Her state-of-the-art technology included a seaplane which could be dismantled and hidden below decks, along with a demountable fake funnel and telescopic masts to change her profile — an artful disguise in an era when identifying a ship was still a matter of staring through binoculars at a distant silhouette.
The Wolf That Ravaged the Pacific Richard Guilliatt 2010
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Her state-of-the-art technology included a seaplane which could be dismantled and hidden below decks, along with a demountable fake funnel and telescopic masts to change her profile — an artful disguise in an era when identifying a ship was still a matter of staring through binoculars at a distant silhouette.
The Wolf That Ravaged the Pacific Richard Guilliatt 2010
lampbane commented on the word demountable
A school building that can be removed from its foundations and moved somewhere else.
October 5, 2008
bilby commented on the word demountable
Not necessarily a school building, though often so.
October 5, 2008
lampbane commented on the word demountable
Just copying the definition from the book, but I get your point.
October 5, 2008