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forkable

forkable adjective: capable of being moved or separated with a fork.

Adjective

forkable (comparative more forkable, superlative most forkable)

  1. Capable of being moved or separated with a fork.
    • Loss of so much moisture […] produces a sludge cake, which is generally forkable.1958, Gordon Maskew Fair, John Charles Geyer, Elements of water supply and waste-water disposal
  2. Capable of being split into separate processes.
    • The debugger will support any forkable Perl program, and you can see examples in this book in Chapter 9.2005, Richard Foley, Andy Lester, Pro Perl Debugging, page 3
  3. Capable of being split into separate projects.

Forms of forkable

comparativemore forkable
superlativemost forkable

Origin of forkable

From fork + -able.

Questions about forkable

What does forkable mean?
Forkable means capable of being moved or separated with a fork.
What part of speech is forkable?
Forkable is an adjective.

Words near forkable in the dictionary

  1. fork-tailed bush katydids
  2. fork-tailed flycatcher
  3. fork-tailed flycatchers
  4. fork-tender
  5. fork-tongued
  6. forkable
  7. forkball
  8. forkballer
  9. forkballers
  10. forkballs
  11. forkbeard

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