Library / English Dictionary

COLLECTIBLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique)

Synonyms:

collectable; collectible

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("collectible" is a kind of...):

curio; curiosity; oddity; oddment; peculiarity; rarity (something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "collectible"):

chachka; tchotchke; tsatske; tshatshke ((Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Subject to or requiring payment especially as specified

Example:

a check payable to John Doe

Synonyms:

collectable; collectible; payable

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

due (owed and payable immediately or on demand)

Derivation:

collect (call for and obtain payment of)

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