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Noun: convertible  kun'vur-tu-bul
  1. A car with a top that can be folded or removed
    - soft top, ragtop [informal], cabrio [informal], cabriolet
     
  2. A corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)
    - convertible security
     
  3. A sofa that can be converted into a bed
    - sofa bed, hide-a-bed [N. Amer], couch bed [N. Amer]
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 changed in substance as if by alchemy
    "ideas convertible into reality";
    - transformable, translatable, transmutable
     
  3. Capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value
    "convertible securities";
    - exchangeable

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, motorcar, security, sofa, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]

Encyclopedia: Convertible