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chainable

chainable adjective: capable of being chained or connected together.

Adjective

chainable (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being chained or connected together.
    • If you examine the last line in each method of the class, you'll notice that they all end in return this. This passes on the object to the next method in the chain. With a chainable interface, the possibilities are limitless.2007, Dustin Diaz, Ross Harmes, Pro JavaScript Design Patterns, page 86

Origin of chainable

From chain + -able.

Words formed from chainable

Questions about chainable

What does chainable mean?
Chainable means capable of being chained or connected together.
What part of speech is chainable?
Chainable is an adjective.

Words near chainable in the dictionary

  1. chain-smokings
  2. chain-snatch
  3. chain-snatched
  4. chain-snatches
  5. chain-snatching
  6. chainable
  7. chainage
  8. chainages
  9. Chainat
  10. chainbolt
  11. chainbolts

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