detachable

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Modern options can be attractive—or at least unobtrusive—enough to leave draped over a sofa or chair, and they feature user-friendly timers and detachable, machine-washable fabrics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Popular styles include corseted bodices, high slits, feathered trains, detachable capes and beaded sleeves.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

Those firearms include a long list of semi-automatic rifles, along with some pistols and shotguns, with certain characteristics, such as a threaded barrel or detachable stock.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024

The top of the trophy is detachable, a piece that’s meant for the winner to hold up over their head after coming in first.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024

If we made the heat shield and outer hull detachable, they could ditch a lot of weight after landing at Ares 3, and have a lighter ship for the traverse to Ares 4.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir