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carveability

carveability is the alternative spelling of carvability.

Meaning of carvability

Noun

carvability (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being carvable; workability with regard to carving.
    • The clinical characteristic selected for this test was the "limit of carvability," the amalgam consistency at which the dentist feels that further carving embodies an excessive risk of fracture. A punch test approximating pure shear loading was selected to measure this property. Results of...1956, Army Medical Service, “Oral Disease. RDB Project Card Continuation Sheet.”, in Consolidated R&D Annual Project Report, United States Army, page 610

Origin of carveability

From carve + -ability.

Questions about carveability

What is carveability the alternative spelling of?
Carveability is the alternative spelling of carvability.

Words near carveability in the dictionary

  1. carve up
  2. carve-out
  3. carve-outs
  4. carve-up
  5. carve-ups
  6. carveability
  7. carveable
  8. carved
  9. carved in stone
  10. carved out
  11. carved up

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