collapsible

Academic Word List, sublist 10.

About 0.29 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   collapsible shovel

2. noun Any object that can be collapsed to save space. A kind of boat that can be collapsed for greater portability. A display element that can be collapsed to hide it from view.
3. noun A kind of boat that can be collapsed for greater portability.
4. noun A display element that can be collapsed to hide it from view.

Similar words

foldable collapsable foldaway folding tip-up telescopic unfoldable fold-up lapsible compactable

Often followed by

corporation tubes corporations tube boat and metal steering boats

Word family

collapse collapsed collapses collapsibilities collapsibility collapsing