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sleepable

sleepable adjective: suitable for sleeping.

Adjective

sleepable (comparative more sleepable, superlative most sleepable)

  1. Suitable for sleeping.
    • It is cool here, or at least sleepable, but Baghdad, I am told, is different. I was advised to do my sleeping in advance.1922, Walter Raleigh, The Letters of Sir Walter Raleigh 1879 to 1922
    • Once we reach the airport the players dump their bags at the American Airlines counter and hasten to the departure gate to secure the most sleepable spaces.1998, Charles Rosen, Phil Jackson, The Cockroach Basketball League

Forms of sleepable

comparativemore sleepable
superlativemost sleepable

Origin of sleepable

From sleep + -able.

Questions about sleepable

What does sleepable mean?
Sleepable means suitable for sleeping.
What part of speech is sleepable?
Sleepable is an adjective.

Words near sleepable in the dictionary

  1. sleep-outs
  2. sleep-proof
  3. sleep-shorts
  4. sleep-walker
  5. sleep-walkers
  6. sleepable
  7. sleepage
  8. sleepaholic
  9. sleepaholics
  10. sleepate
  11. sleepaway

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