throwable
US/ˈθɹoʊ.ə.bəl/
throwable adjective: capable of being thrown.
Adjective
throwable (comparative more throwable, superlative most throwable)
- Capable of being thrown.
- Antonyms:
- unthrowable
- Capable of being thrown in the manner of an exception.
- For an object to be throwable, it must be directly or indirectly derived from the Throwable class.1997, Babak Sadr, Grady Booch, Unified objects: object-oriented programming using C++
- In general, each function may specify a list of throwable objects […]2001, Alan Burns, Andrew J Wellings, Real-time systems and programming languages
Noun
throwable (plural throwables)
- Something that is throwable.
- Speaking of cycling, most things are recycled: There are bins for paper and bins for cans. Most plastic throwables are simply not allowed (though organizers haven’t quite found a substitute for forks, spoons and knives).1997, Carol des Lauriers Cieri, Donna Gold, “Fairs”, in The Insiders’ Guide to Maine’s Mid-Coast, Bangor, Me.: Bangor Daily News Enterprises; Manteo, N.C.: Insiders’ Publishing, →ISBN, page 211
- Transforming objects’ states identically by manipulating them in the same way affords infants a way to begin constructing functional equivalence classes even when the objects do not belong to the same predicate class (Piaget, 1952a). For example, simultaneously throwing a doll and a cup transforms...2003, Jonas Langer, Susan Rivera, Matthew Schlesinger, Ann Wakeley, “Early Cognitive Development: Ontogeny and Phylogeny”, in Jaan Valsiner, Kevin J[oseph] Connolly, editors, Handbook of...
- Any object that can be thrown in the manner of an exception.
- Exceptions are thrown when some module of the project detects an error condition or if it handles some standard Java throwables.
Examples of throwable in a sentence
- […] if you need to make certain symbols visible externally for debugging purposes or for catching exceptions for throwable entities within a library.2006, William Von Hagen, The definitive guide to GCC:
- For example, simultaneously throwing a doll and a cup transforms both into functionally equivalent ‘throwables.’2003, Jonas Langer, Susan Rivera, Matthew Schlesinger, Ann Wakeley, “Early Cognitive Development: Ontogeny and Phylogeny”, in Jaan...
- Aside from chucking things, you can also dash – useful for stealing throwables right out of the opposition’s meaty hands or even catching objects mid-air as they sail right at you.2013 January, Toby McCasker, “When Vikings Attack!”, in Adam Mathew, editor, PlayStation Official Magazine – Australia, number 77, Sydney...
Antonyms of throwable
Forms of throwable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more throwable |
| superlative | most throwable |
| Noun | |
| plural | throwables |
Origin of throwable
From throw + -able.
Words formed from throwable
Words that rhyme with throwable
Questions about throwable
- What does throwable mean?
- Throwable means capable of being thrown.
- How do you use throwable in a sentence?
- […] if you need to make certain symbols visible externally for debugging purposes or for catching exceptions for throwable entities within a library.
- What part of speech is throwable?
- Throwable can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce throwable?
- Throwable is pronounced /ˈθɹoʊ.ə.bəl/ (US).
Words near throwable in the dictionary
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