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pinnable

pinnable adjective: suitable for having things pinned onto it.

Adjective

pinnable (not comparable)

  1. Suitable for having things pinned onto it.
    • The surface must be pinnable. Cardboard is the easiest surface on which to work. Buy a gridded folding cardboard cutting board or a gridded cardboard cutting table.1998, Pati Palmer, Marta Alto, Barbara Weiland, Fit for real people: sew great clothes using any pattern
  2. Capable of being pinned (attached to part of the screen display).
    • Important menus, such as the root menu or Workspace menu, are "pinnable," which means that you can pin them up and keep them on your desktop […]1994, Linda Mui, Valerie Quercia, X User Tools, page 312

Origin of pinnable

From pin + -able.

Questions about pinnable

What does pinnable mean?
Pinnable means suitable for having things pinned onto it.
What part of speech is pinnable?
Pinnable is an adjective.

Words near pinnable in the dictionary

  1. pinmaking
  2. pinman
  3. pinmen
  4. Pinmore
  5. pinna
  6. pinnable
  7. pinnace
  8. pinnaces
  9. pinnacle
  10. Pinnacle Islands
  11. Pinnacle Swamp

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