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collapsible

adj
/kəˈlæps.ə.bəl/

Etymology

From collapse + -ible.

  1. derived from collāpsus
  2. suffixed as collapsible — “collapse + ible”

Definitions

  1. Designed to be collapsed, especially so as to be more compact when not in use.

    • collapsible shovel

  2. Any object that can be collapsed to save space.

    • Some umbrellas can be unfolded manually, while the others can spring open automatically. Umbrellas are genuine collapsibles.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for collapsible. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA