Definitions
Able to be swapped without changing function or meaning.
Word origin
From interchange + -able.
Used in a sentence
“Eli Whitney's development of interchangeable parts was a breakthrough for modern manufacturing. Prior to that, each part had to be made custom.”
“Sometimes the same words mean opposite things. Sometimes the opposite is true. Shock absorbers are called shocks. Slow down and slow up are interchangeable.”
“The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable, as if Britain was just a bigger England.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Equal fit”15 letters
Not quite right?
"Search similar patterns."
I______________