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containable

containable adjective: able to be contained, especially applied to viruses and similar diseases.

Adjective

containable (comparative more containable, superlative most containable)

  1. Able to be contained, especially applied to viruses and similar diseases.

Antonyms of containable

Forms of containable

comparativemore containable
superlativemost containable

Origin of containable

From contain + -able.

Questions about containable

What does containable mean?
Containable means able to be contained, especially applied to viruses and similar diseases.
What part of speech is containable?
Containable is an adjective.

Words near containable in the dictionary

  1. contagium
  2. Contai
  3. contain
  4. contain multitudes
  5. contain oneself
  6. containable
  7. containant
  8. containants
  9. contained
  10. contained multitudes
  11. contained oneself

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