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serviceable

/ˈsɜːvɪsəbl̩/US/ˈsɝvɪsəbl̩/

serviceable adjective: easy to service.

Adjective

serviceable (comparative more serviceable, superlative most serviceable)

  1. Easy to service.
  2. Repairable instead of disposable.
  3. In condition for use.
    • I employed myself in making, as well as I could, a great many baskets, both to carry earth or to carry or lay up anything, as I had occasion; and though I did not finish them very handsomely, yet I made them sufficiently serviceable for my purpose...1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC
    • There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter II, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans...

serviceable meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

serviceable in Tamil

பணியாற்றத் தக்கவழங்கத்தக்க, பயனுடைய, பயன்படத்தக்க

serviceable in Bengali

ব্যবহারযোগ্য, কাজের

serviceable in Malayalam

ഉപയോഗക്ഷമമായിരിക്കുക, ഉപയോഗിക്കാൻ കൊള്ളാവുന്നതാകുക, വളരെക്കാലം ഉപയോഗിക്കാവുന്ന, സേവനം അനുഷ്ഠിക്കാവുന്ന

serviceable in Kannada

ಉಪಯುಕ್ತ, ಪ್ರಯೋಜನಕರ, ಉಪಯೋಗಕ್ಕೆ ಬರುವ, ಬಳಸಬಲ್ಲ, ಬಾಳಿಕೆಯ

Examples of serviceable in a sentence

  • The matchbox he used to “dead drop” his film was serviceable but primitive.
  • Anything but convincing or even really serviceable, its Muppetlike appearance was appropriate to this film.
  • We settled for quartinos of serviceable Chianti ($8.75) and pinot grigio ($8).

All 15 example sentences with serviceable

Synonyms of serviceable

Forms of serviceable

comparativemore serviceable
superlativemost serviceable

Origin of serviceable

From Middle English servisable, from Old French servisable, from servise. By surface analysis, service + -able.

Words formed from serviceable

Questions about serviceable

What does serviceable mean?
Serviceable means easy to service.
What is serviceable in Tamil?
Serviceable in Tamil is பணியாற்றத் தக்கவழங்கத்தக்க, பயனுடைய, பயன்படத்தக்க. See Serviceable meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is serviceable?
Serviceable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce serviceable?
Serviceable is pronounced /ˈsɝvɪsəbl̩/ (US).

Words near serviceable in the dictionary

  1. service-oriented
  2. service-oriented architecture
  3. service-oriented architectures
  4. serviceabilities
  5. serviceability
  6. serviceable
  7. serviceableness
  8. serviceably
  9. serviceberries
  10. serviceberry
  11. serviced

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: serviceable (page history and authors); serviceable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); serviceable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); serviceable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); serviceable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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