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stayable

stayable adjective: able to be stayed.

Adjective

stayable (not comparable)

  1. Able to be stayed.
    • SUITS. When stayable by injunction1838, Thomas Cooper, David James McCord, The Statutes at Large of South Carolina: Acts from 1716 to 1752, page 813
    • Miscellaneous stayable actions1970, United States Code Annotated, page 43

Origin of stayable

From stay + -able.

Questions about stayable

What does stayable mean?
Stayable means able to be stayed.
What part of speech is stayable?
Stayable is an adjective.

Words near stayable in the dictionary

  1. stay-laces
  2. stay-stomach
  3. stay-stomachs
  4. stayabilities
  5. stayability
  6. stayable
  7. stayaway
  8. stayaways
  9. staybolt
  10. staybolted
  11. staybolts

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