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Noun: convertible  kun'vur-tu-bul
  1. A car with a top that can be folded or removed
    "They rented a convertible for their coastal road trip";
    - soft top, ragtop [informal], cabriolet, cabrio [informal]
     
  2. A sofa that can be converted into a bed
    "The guest slept on the convertible in the living room";
    - sofa bed, hide-a-bed [N. Amer], couch bed [N. Amer]
     
  3. A corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)
    "Investors were attracted to the convertible security because of its potential for higher returns";
    - convertible security
Adjective: convertible  kun'vur-tu-bul
  1. Designed to be changed from one use or form to another
    "a convertible sofa"; "a convertible coupe"
     
  2. Capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value
    "convertible securities";
    - exchangeable
     
  3. Capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy
    "ideas convertible into reality";
    - transformable, translatable, transmutable

Derived forms: convertibles

See also: adaptable, cashable, commutable, convertibility, redeemable

Type of: auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], car, certificate, chesterfield [Cdn], couch, lounge, motor [Brit, informal], motorcar, security, sofa, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]

Antonym: inconvertible

Encyclopedia: Convertible