retractable

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   capable of being retracted

   “retractable landing gear”

   Similarretractile

Questions about retractable

What does retractable mean?

retractable means "capable of being retracted".

How many syllables are in retractable?

retractable has 4 syllables: re-trac-ta-ble. The stress falls on "trac". In IPA it is /ɹiˈtɹæktəbəl/.

Is retractable a common word?

retractable is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with retractable?

2 words rhyme with retractable. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.