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Webster 1913 Edition
Retractable
Re-tract′a-ble
(rē̍-trākt′ȧ-b’l)
, Adj.
[Cf. F.
rétractable
.] Capable of being retracted; retractile.
Webster 1828 Edition
Retractable
RETRACT'ABLE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
retractable
retractable
See also: rétractable
English
Adjective
retractable (not comparable)
- Capable of being retracted; retractile.
Translations
capable of being retracted
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See also
Noun
retractable (plural retractables)
- A retractable pen.
- 1979, Douglas Adams, chapter 21, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy:
- 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 […]
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