Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of collapsing; liable to collapse; made so as to collapse: as, a collapsible balloon; a collapsible tube or drinking-cup. Also
collapsable .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of collapsing or being collapsed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That can be
collapsed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of collapsing or being collapsed
Etymologies
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Examples
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A plainclothes security agent with a flashlight beats the tall grass between the sidewalk and the street with a thin collapsible rod, looking for wires or a glint of metal.
Grand Illusions 2007
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A plainclothes security agent with a flashlight beats the tall grass between the sidewalk and the street with a thin collapsible rod, looking for wires or a glint of metal.
Grand Illusions 2007
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They might be called collapsible, convertible coffee kits, as they are made to serve as a combination coffee pot, mill, can, and cup.
All About Coffee 1909
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He also admitted possessing or using a prohibited weapon, namely a collapsible batton.
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He also admitted possessing or using a prohibited weapon, namely a collapsible batton.
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They found what they said was a parachute, but it's my belief that was either a blind or it was really some kind of collapsible boat.
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He had been describing a particular kind of collapsible tumbler, which you put in your pocket and carried with you for use on a railway journey.
The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) Stuart Dodgson Collingwood 1903
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Staff will be displaying emergency goods already in use in Haiti and why they are critically important, such as collapsible water containers, cooking sets, personal hygiene kits, food, and blankets.
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Other airports must create safety areas that comply with the federal standards where feasible or develop alternatives such as collapsible pavement around runways.
AroundTheCapitol.com 2009
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MindMeister co-founder Michael Hollauf tells us the uptake so far has been good and they have new editing features such as collapsible nodes planned for the app, he reckons any future platform development on android, Symbian or blackberry would depend on the how the iPhone app does.
British Blogs 2009
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