COLLECTABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does collectable mean? 

• COLLECTABLE (noun)
  The noun COLLECTABLE has 1 sense:

1. things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique)

  Familiarity information: COLLECTABLE used as a noun is very rare.

• COLLECTABLE (adjective)
  The adjective COLLECTABLE has 1 sense:

1. subject to or requiring payment especially as specified

  Familiarity information: COLLECTABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLLECTABLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

collectable; collectible

Hypernyms ("collectable" is a kind of...):

curio; curiosity; oddity; oddment; peculiarity; rarity (something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "collectable"):

chachka; tchotchke; tsatske; tshatshke ((Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket)

• COLLECTABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Subject to or requiring payment especially as specified

Synonyms:

collectable; collectible; payable

Context example:

a check payable to John Doe

Similar:

due (owed and payable immediately or on demand)