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tightenable

tightenable adjective: able to be tightened.

Adjective

tightenable (not comparable)

  1. Able to be tightened.

Origin of tightenable

From tighten + -able.

Questions about tightenable

What does tightenable mean?
Tightenable means able to be tightened.
What part of speech is tightenable?
Tightenable is an adjective.

Words near tightenable in the dictionary

  1. tighten one's belt
  2. tighten the purse strings
  3. tighten the purse-strings
  4. tighten the pursestrings
  5. tighten up
  6. tightenable
  7. tightened
  8. tightened down
  9. tightened one's belt
  10. tightened the purse strings
  11. tightened the purse-strings

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