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explorable

Syllables: ex·plo·ra·ble

explorable adjective: capable of being explored. Also the ellipsis of explorable explanation.

Adjective

explorable (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being explored.

Noun

explorable (plural explorables)

  1. (rare) That which can be explored; a subject for exploration.
    • […] this preconceived notion necessarily makes it impossible for many archaeologists, especially those who trained in the Western intellectual environment to explore the explorables.2004, Samuel Oluwole Ogundele, Rethinking West African Archaeology, page 129
    • The way to recover a truly elementary education (one which provides, nourishes and liberates the elements) is through the same experimental curiosities as to how language works which give the child speech. But when he comes to writing let us give him sequenced explorables — to sustain and encourage...1968, Ivor Armstrong Richards, So Much Nearer: Essays Toward a World English, page 265

Also used as

explorable is also the ellipsis of explorable explanation.

Forms of explorable

pluralexplorables

Origin of explorable

From explore + -able.

Words formed from explorable

Phrases with explorable

Questions about explorable

What does explorable mean?
Explorable means capable of being explored.
What part of speech is explorable?
Explorable can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near explorable in the dictionary

  1. exploits
  2. exploiture
  3. exploitures
  4. exploity
  5. explorability
  6. explorable
  7. explorable explanation
  8. explorable explanations
  9. explorables
  10. explorably
  11. explorate

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