If it starts to rain while you’re riding in a convertible car with the top down, you can always put the top back up. Convertible is an adjective that means “capable of changing from one form to another.”
Something that is convertible can be changed or transformed from one thing to another. Money, for instance, is convertible because it can be changed from one currency to another — for example, from dollars to euros. A sofa bed is convertible because it can be transformed from a sofa into a bed. Likewise, a convertible jacket is a jacket that can be changed (by removing the sleeves or an inner lining) depending on the weather.
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designed to be changed from one use or form to another
a car that has top that can be folded or removed
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capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy
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capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value
a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)
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