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holdable

holdable adjective: that may be held.

Adjective

holdable (comparative more holdable, superlative most holdable)

  1. That may be held.
    • Bones and stones, if you can forgive this vulgar formulation, are both holdable and beholdable.2017, Paul Kockelman, The Art of Interpretation in the Age of Computation, page 113

Forms of holdable

comparativemore holdable
superlativemost holdable

Origin of holdable

From hold + -able.

Words formed from holdable

Questions about holdable

What does holdable mean?
Holdable means that may be held.
What part of speech is holdable?
Holdable is an adjective.

Words near holdable in the dictionary

  1. hold-up squad
  2. hold-up squads
  3. hold-upper
  4. hold-uppers
  5. hold-ups
  6. holdable
  7. holdall
  8. holdalls
  9. holdase
  10. holdases
  11. Holdaway

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