throwables

Noun

throwable (plural throwables)

1. 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
2. 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.

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