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sniffable

sniffable adjective: able to be sniffed, or able to be taken by sniffing.

Adjective

sniffable (comparative more sniffable, superlative most sniffable)

  1. Able to be sniffed, or able to be taken by sniffing
    • A compound in women's armpit extract could potentially open the door to sniffable contraceptives.2009 January 14, Tristram D. Wyatt, “Fifty years of pheromones”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7227, →DOI

Forms of sniffable

comparativemore sniffable
superlativemost sniffable

Origin of sniffable

From sniff + -able.

Questions about sniffable

What does sniffable mean?
Sniffable means able to be sniffed, or able to be taken by sniffing.
What part of speech is sniffable?
Sniffable is an adjective.

Words near sniffable in the dictionary

  1. sniff out
  2. sniff stick
  3. sniff test
  4. sniff tests
  5. sniff up
  6. sniffable
  7. sniffari
  8. sniffaris
  9. sniffed
  10. sniffed around
  11. sniffed out

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