retractable

retract +‎ -able

• IPA^(key): /ɹiˈtɹæktɪbəl/, /ɹəˈtɹæktəbəl/

retractable (not comparable)

1. Capable of being retracted; retractile.
   • 1960 February, “The first of London's new Piccadilly Line trains is delivered”, in Trains Illustrated, page 94:

     Features such as trackless doors, mercury-type door interlocks, roof-mounted door fault indicator lights, rubber window glazing, improved retractable shoegear and a modified electro-pneumatic brake system designed to facilitate maintenance and improve reliability, which have proved their worth on the prototype trains, are continued in the new stock.

   • 2021 May 19, David Clough, “Swiss precision meets UK growth”, in RAIL, number 931, page 57:

     He says the company's FLIRT design, in particular its retractable steps, provides greater accessibility, while the technology is highly innovative and reliable.

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retractable (plural retractables)

1. A retractable pen.
   • 1979 October 12, Douglas Adams, chapter 21, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, London: Pan Books, →ISBN:

     Somewhere in the cosmos, he said, […] there was also a planet entirely given over to Biro life forms. […] Veet Voogajig suddenly claimed to have found this planet, and to have worked there for a while driving a limousine for a family of cheap green retractables […]

From retractar +‎ -able.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.tɾəkˈtab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [re.tɾakˈta.ble]

retractable m or f (masculine and feminine plural retractables)

1. retractable
2. thermoretractable

   Synonym: termoretractable

• irretractable

• retractabilitat

• “retractable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.