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repairable

/ɹəˈpɛɹəbəl/

repairable adjective: able to be repaired.

Adjective

repairable (comparative more repairable, superlative most repairable)

  1. Able to be repaired.
    • Luckily, the damage from the accident was repairable.
    • Even though W.R. locomotives would always be maintained in W.R. territory, "foreign" depots must be capable of attending to any repairable defects that might occur while the Western units are "abroad"; [...].1961 November, “Editorial: Inter-Regional diesel locomotive operation”, in Trains Illustrated, page 641

Synonyms of repairable

Forms of repairable

comparativemore repairable
superlativemost repairable

Origin of repairable

From repair + -able.

Words formed from repairable

Questions about repairable

What does repairable mean?
Repairable means able to be repaired.
What part of speech is repairable?
Repairable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce repairable?
Repairable is pronounced /ɹəˈpɛɹəbəl/.

Words near repairable in the dictionary

  1. repair ship
  2. repair shop
  3. repair shops
  4. repairabilities
  5. repairability
  6. repairable
  7. repairableness
  8. repaired
  9. repairer
  10. repairers
  11. repairest

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