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lengthenable

lengthenable adjective: that may be lengthened.

Adjective

lengthenable (comparative more lengthenable, superlative most lengthenable)

  1. That may be lengthened.
    • If we consider the etymological sources of the two sets of vowels, the lengthenable and non-lengthenable[…]1974, John Mathieson Anderson, Charles Jones, Historical Linguistics: Theory and description in phonology, page 319

Forms of lengthenable

comparativemore lengthenable
superlativemost lengthenable

Origin of lengthenable

From lengthen + -able.

Questions about lengthenable

What does lengthenable mean?
Lengthenable means that may be lengthened.
What part of speech is lengthenable?
Lengthenable is an adjective.

Words near lengthenable in the dictionary

  1. lengthed
  2. lengthen
  3. lengthen down
  4. lengthen out
  5. lengthen up
  6. lengthenable
  7. lengthened
  8. lengthened down
  9. lengthened grade
  10. lengthened grades
  11. lengthened out

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