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paraphrasable

paraphrasable adjective: able to be paraphrased.

Adjective

paraphrasable (not comparable)

  1. Able to be paraphrased
    • Indeed, we may find ourselves saving the wrapper even after all the paraphrasable "content" is absorbed.1988 February 26, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Form Counts”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of paraphrasable

From paraphrase + -able.

Words formed from paraphrasable

Questions about paraphrasable

What does paraphrasable mean?
Paraphrasable means able to be paraphrased.
What part of speech is paraphrasable?
Paraphrasable is an adjective.

Words near paraphrasable in the dictionary

  1. paraphragma
  2. paraphragmal
  3. paraphragmata
  4. paraphragms
  5. paraphrasability
  6. paraphrasable
  7. paraphrasably
  8. paraphrasal
  9. paraphrasals
  10. paraphrase
  11. paraphrase mass

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