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unknottable

unknottable adjective: not knottable; in which a knot cannot be tied.

Adjective (1)

unknottable (comparative more unknottable, superlative most unknottable)

  1. Not knottable; in which a knot cannot be tied.
    • A Stoppered Coil is also the stow for unknottable items such as garden hose and wire rope.2009, Brion Toss, Chapman Knots for Boaters, page 132

Adjective (2)

unknottable (not comparable)

  1. Able to be unknotted.
    • […] and finally the knot is reduced to those which are easily unknottable.2013, Ling-Lie Chau, Werner Nahm, Differential Geometric Methods in Theoretical Physics, page 560

Forms of unknottable

comparativemore unknottable
superlativemost unknottable

Origin of unknottable

From un- + knottable.

From unknot + -able.

Questions about unknottable

What does unknottable mean?
Unknottable means not knottable; in which a knot cannot be tied.
What part of speech is unknottable?
Unknottable is an adjective.

Words near unknottable in the dictionary

  1. unknocking
  2. unknome
  3. unknomes
  4. unknot
  5. unknots
  6. unknottable
  7. unknotted
  8. unknottedness
  9. unknotting
  10. unknottings
  11. unknotty

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