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COLLAPSIBLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does collapsible mean?
• COLLAPSIBLE (adjective)
The adjective COLLAPSIBLE has 1 sense:
1. capable of collapsing or being collapsed
Familiarity information: COLLAPSIBLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of collapsing or being collapsed
Synonyms:
collapsable; collapsible
Context example:
a collapsible boat
Similar:
foldable; foldaway; folding (capable of being folded up and stored)
telescopic (having parts that slide one within another)
tip-up (constructed so as to tip up or out of the way)
Antonym:
noncollapsible (not capable of collapsing)
Derivation:
collapse (fold or close up)
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