Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

demountable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables: de-mount-able
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be removed from its mount; designed to be dismantled.

adj

Designed to be removed from the read mechanism.

Dated

noun

A temporary and portable building, especially a portable classroom in a school.

Australian usage

Example Sentences

"A whole row of demountables has been abandoned, the window bagged with bright orange plastic."
"She opened the door and looked out into the broad passageway between the wings of the demountable."

Etymology

From demount + -able.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: demount

Usage

Inflected Forms

more demountable (comparative) most demountable (superlative) demountables (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

detachable

Synonyms

dismantlable dismantleable

Questions

What does demountable mean?: Able to be removed from its mount; designed to be dismantled.
Where does demountable come from?: From demount + -able.

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