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Meaning of CONVERTIBLE

Pronunciation:  kun'vurtubul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a car that has top that can be folded or removed
  2. [n]  a sofa that can be converted into a bed
  3. [n]  a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)
  4. [adj]  capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy; "is lead really transmutable into gold?"; "ideas translatable into reality"
  5. [adj]  capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value; "convertible securities"
  6. [adj]  designed to be changed from one use or form to another; "a convertible sofa"; "a convertible coupe"
 
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 Synonyms: adaptable, cashable, commutable, convertible security, exchangeable, redeemable, sofa bed, transformable, translatable, transmutable
 
 Antonyms: inconvertible, unconvertible, unexchangeable
 
 See Also: auto, automobile, car, certificate, couch, davenport, day bed, lounge, machine, motorcar, security, sofa, studio couch

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Con*vert"i*ble\, a. [L. convertibilis: cf. F.
convertible.]
1. Capable of being converted; susceptible of change;
   transmutable; transformable.
         Minerals are not convertible into another species,
         though of the same genus.             --Harvey.
2. Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal;
   interchangeable.
         So long as we are in the regions of nature,
         miraculous and improbable, miraculous and
         incredible, may be allowed to remain convertible
         terms.                                --Trench.
 
Dream Dictionary
 
 Definition: Seeing or dreaming that you are in a convertible, refers to your glamorous attitude. You are showing off your power and influence.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: all one, all the same, changeable, coequal, commutable, commutative, coordinate, correspondent, corresponding, equal, equalizing, equiparant, equipollent, equivalent, even, exchanged, give-and-take, identical, interchangeable, interchanged, liquid, modifiable, much the same, mutual, negotiable, permutable, reciprocal, reciprocating, reciprocative, resolvable, retaliatory, returnable, standard, swapped, switched, tantamount, traded, transformable, transitional, transmutable, transposed
 

 

 

 

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