daubable
daubable adjective: capable of being daubed, or painted onto a surface.
Adjective
daubable (comparative more daubable, superlative most daubable)
- Capable of being daubed, or painted onto a surface.
- Surprises lie around every corner - from the topiary bull leaping over the wall (left), to the pyramid (right), made of old concrete blocks and covered in Peter's special mixture of daubable cement […]2002, The Garden, volume 127, page 338
- Thus the whole mixture would be both fragrant and pourable/daubable.2006, Douglas K. Stuart, Exodus, page 643
- Capable of being daubed or painted upon.
- The Italian enthusiasm for racing leads enthusiasts to daub the names of their favorite competitors on walls, on houses, on anything daubable.1936, The National Geographic Magazine, volume 70, page 386
- School gyms and washrooms, primarily — but also lifeboats, smokestacks, and other daubable features on the superstructure of a Liberian oil tanker I sailed on for one summer.1998, Arthur Black, Black by Popular Demand: More Wit and Whimsy, page 5
Forms of daubable
| comparative | more daubable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most daubable |
Origin of daubable
From daub + -able.
Questions about daubable
- What does daubable mean?
- Daubable means capable of being daubed, or painted onto a surface.
- What part of speech is daubable?
- Daubable is an adjective.
Words near daubable in the dictionary
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