Associations to the word «Severable»

Wiktionary

SEVERABLE, adjective. Capable of being severed.
SEVERABLE, adjective. (legal) (economics) Capable of being separated.

Dictionary definition

SEVERABLE, adjective. Capable of being divided or dissociated; "often drugs and crime are not dissociable"; "the siamese twins were not considered separable"; "a song...never conceived of as severable from the melody";.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.