movable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
    chattel; personal chattel.
  2. adjective satellite (of personal property as opposed to real estate) can be moved from place to place (especially carried by hand)
  3. adjective satellite capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another
    transferrable; transferable; transportable; moveable.

WordNet

Mov"a*ble adjective
Etymology
Cf. OF. movable. See Move.
Definitions
  1. Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine.
  2. Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year.
Mov"a*ble noun
Wordforms
plural Movables
Definitions
  1. An article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture.
    Furnished with the most rich and princely movables. Evelyn.
  2. (Rom. Law) Property not attached to the soil. ✍ The word is not convertible with personal property, since rents and similar incidents of the soil which are personal property by our law are immovables by the Roman law. Wharton.

Webster 1913