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contractable

contractable adjective: capable of being contracted (in various senses).

Adjective

contractable (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being contracted (in various senses).
    • a disease contractable from tapeworms

Origin of contractable

From contract + -able.

Words formed from contractable

Questions about contractable

What does contractable mean?
Contractable means capable of being contracted (in various senses).
What part of speech is contractable?
Contractable is an adjective.

Words near contractable in the dictionary

  1. contract systems
  2. contract time
  3. contract times
  4. contract-packing
  5. contractability
  6. contractable
  7. contractably
  8. contractant
  9. contractants
  10. contractarian
  11. contractarianism

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