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shovable

shovable adjective: capable of being pushed.

Adjective

shovable (comparative more shovable, superlative most shovable)

  1. Capable of being pushed.
    • Reason behind this apparent madness: the exhibits are the most shovable of all objects — chairs; and, to help "sell" modern design, the museum is allowing liberal application of that time-honored chair test: sitting.1941, Arts magazine, volume 16, page 9

Forms of shovable

comparativemore shovable
superlativemost shovable
alternative formshoveable

Origin of shovable

From shove + -able.

Questions about shovable

What does shovable mean?
Shovable means capable of being pushed.
What part of speech is shovable?
Shovable is an adjective.

Words near shovable in the dictionary

  1. shouts out
  2. shouts the odds
  3. shouts-out
  4. shouty
  5. Shouyang
  6. shovable
  7. shovavim
  8. shove
  9. shove about
  10. shove around
  11. shove down

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