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bowable

bowable adjective: capable of being bowed (bent).

Adjective

bowable (comparative more bowable, superlative most bowable)

  1. (obsolete) Capable of being bowed (bent)
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Synonyms of bowable

Forms of bowable

comparativemore bowable
superlativemost bowable

Origin of bowable

Inherited from Middle English bowable, boweable, equivalent to bow + -able.

Words formed from bowable

Questions about bowable

What does bowable mean?
Bowable means capable of being bowed (bent).
What part of speech is bowable?
Bowable is an adjective.

Words near bowable in the dictionary

  1. bow-wow theory
  2. bow-wowed
  3. bow-wowing
  4. bow-wows
  5. bowab
  6. bowable
  7. bowabs
  8. Bowan Park
  9. Bowang
  10. bowbearer
  11. bowbearers

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