adjustable
Etymology

From adjust + -able.

Adjective

adjustable

  1. capable of being adjusted
Translations Noun

adjustable (plural adjustables)

  1. Anything that can be adjusted.
    • 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
      "He came in. He had a gun. He was crazy. You can see he was crazy; look what he did to Ricky. He thought Ricky was me. He wanted to steal my adjustables. Look."
      Sonny smiled and tilted the steel case so Henry could look at the jumble of rusty ironmongery inside.



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