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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. suitable to be exchanged;

2. capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value;
- Example: "convertible securities"
[syn: convertible, exchangeable]

3. capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability;
- Example: "interchangeable electric outlets"
- Example: "interchangeable parts"
[syn: exchangeable, interchangeable, similar, standardized, standardised]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Exchangeable \Ex*change"a*ble\, a. [Cf.F. ['e]changeable.]
   1. Capable of being exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged.
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            The officers captured with Burgoyne were
            exchangeable within the powers of General Howe.
                                                  --Marshall.
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   2. Available for making exchanges; ratable. "An exchangeable
      value." --J. S. Mill.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

exchangeable
    adj 1: suitable to be exchanged [ant: unexchangeable]
    2: capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of
       equal value; "convertible securities" [syn: convertible,
       exchangeable] [ant: inconvertible, unconvertible,
       unexchangeable]
    3: capable of replacing or changing places with something else;
       permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or
       suitability; "interchangeable electric outlets"
       "interchangeable parts" [syn: exchangeable,
       interchangeable, similar, standardized, standardised]