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thrustable

thrustable adjective: capable of being thrust.

Adjective

thrustable (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being thrust.
    • A nut cracking machine comprising an upright frame having front extensions, revolving disks carrying plungers axially thrustable towards each other, means for periodically actuating said plungers consisting of means mounted on said frame […]1908, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 1772
    • Duryodhana was the best champion in the world with a weapon that was made of an iron ball tied by a chain to a heavy rod held by the warrior, a sort of thrustable cudgel or bludgeon.2010, Enrico Francot, The Icy Side of the Self

Origin of thrustable

From thrust + -able.

Questions about thrustable

What does thrustable mean?
Thrustable means capable of being thrust.
What part of speech is thrustable?
Thrustable is an adjective.

Words near thrustable in the dictionary

  1. thrust sheet
  2. thrust sheets
  3. thrust stage
  4. thrust stages
  5. thrust vectoring
  6. thrustable
  7. thrusted
  8. thrusted one's nose in
  9. thrusted out
  10. thrustedst
  11. thruster

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