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fishable

/ˈfɪʃəbəl/

fishable adjective: able to be fished legally.

Adjective

fishable (comparative more fishable, superlative most fishable)

  1. Able to be fished legally
  2. (pond etc.) Able to be fished in, able to be used for fishing
  3. Able to be used for fishing.
    • Even if it could be salvaged, it would have to almost entirely be remade before it was fishable again.1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, →ISBN, page 77

Antonyms of fishable

Forms of fishable

comparativemore fishable
superlativemost fishable

Origin of fishable

From fish + -able.

Questions about fishable

What does fishable mean?
Fishable means able to be fished legally.
What part of speech is fishable?
Fishable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fishable?
Fishable is pronounced /ˈfɪʃəbəl/.

Words near fishable in the dictionary

  1. fish-wrap
  2. fish-wrapper
  3. fish-wrappers
  4. fish-wraps
  5. fishability
  6. fishable
  7. fishapod
  8. fishapods
  9. Fishback
  10. Fishbacks
  11. fishbait

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