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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A temporary and portable building, especially a portable classroom in a school. Australia

   "A whole row of demountables has been abandoned, the window bagged with bright orange plastic."

Adjective

1. 1
   Able to be removed from its mount; designed to be dismantled.
2. 2
   Designed to be removed from the read mechanism. dated

Synonyms

All synonyms

dismantlabledismantleable

Example

More examples

"A whole row of demountables has been abandoned, the window bagged with bright orange plastic."

Etymology

From demount + -able.

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