demountable

From demount +‎ -able.

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demountable (comparative more demountable, superlative most demountable)

1. Able to be removed from its mount; designed to be dismantled.

   Synonyms: dismantlable, dismantleable

2. (computing, of a hard drive, dated) Designed to be removed from the read mechanism.

• detachable

demountable (plural demountables)

1. (Australia) A temporary and portable building, especially a portable classroom in a school.
   • 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 4:

     A whole row of demountables has been abandoned, the window bagged with bright orange plastic.

   • 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 31:

     She opened the door and looked out into the broad passageway between the wings of the demountable.