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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.
That may be retracted or recalled.

Definition 2024


retractable

retractable

See also: rétractable

English

Adjective

retractable (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being retracted; retractile.

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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 []