convertible (adj.)

  1. capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value; convertible securities

    [ Syn: exchangeable ]

    convertible (n.)

  1. a car that has top that can be folded or removed

  2. a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)

    [ Syn: convertible security ]

  3. a sofa that can be converted into a bed

    [ Syn: sofa bed ]

    convertible (adj.)

  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; is lead really transmutable into gold?; ideas translatable into reality

    [ Syn: transformable , translatable , transmutable ]

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