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sinkable

sinkable adjective: capable of being sunk.

Adjective

sinkable (comparative more sinkable, superlative most sinkable)

  1. Capable of being sunk
    • The Titanic was advertised as being unsinkable; regrettably it turned out to be quite sinkable.

Forms of sinkable

comparativemore sinkable
superlativemost sinkable

Origin of sinkable

From sink + -able.

Words formed from sinkable

Questions about sinkable

What does sinkable mean?
Sinkable means capable of being sunk.
What part of speech is sinkable?
Sinkable is an adjective.

Words near sinkable in the dictionary

  1. sink trap
  2. sink traps
  3. sink-hole
  4. sink-holes
  5. sinkability
  6. sinkable
  7. sinkage
  8. sinkages
  9. sinkaline
  10. sinkankasite
  11. sinkant

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