detachable

From French détachable, detach +‎ -able.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dətætʃəbl̩/, /diːtætʃəbl̩/

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detachable (not comparable)

1. Designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage.
   • 1967, Ann Helen Stroup, An Investigation of the Dress of American Children from 1930 Through 1941 with Emphasis on Factors Influencing Change, page 195:

     Pique and linen also accented several coats and oftentimes were both detachable and formed an overcollar covering a collar made from the coat fabric.

• demountable, dismantlable

detachable (plural detachables)

1. Any device that is designed so that it can be detached from something else.
   • 2015 November 5, Jack Schofield, “Which laptop should we buy for our child?”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     For the past few months, the red HP Pavilion X2 10-n055na has been my pick of the detachables at £249.99.