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oilable

oilable adjective: able to be oiled.

Adjective

oilable (not comparable)

  1. Able to be oiled.
    • This chuck has the not insignificant merit of being easily wipable and oilable.1884, American Machinist, volume 7, page 15

Origin of oilable

From oil + -able.

Questions about oilable

What does oilable mean?
Oilable means able to be oiled.
What part of speech is oilable?
Oilable is an adjective.

Words near oilable in the dictionary

  1. oil-patch
  2. oil-patches
  3. oil-rich
  4. oil-seed camellia
  5. oil-seed camellias
  6. oilable
  7. oilbath
  8. oilbaths
  9. oilbean
  10. oilbeans
  11. oilberg

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