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write-onable

write-onable adjective: capable of being written on.

Adjective

write-onable (comparative more write-onable, superlative most write-onable)

  1. (colloquial) Capable of being written on.
    • It's a sheet much like standard labels, but the pull-off things are *clear*, and circular, with a chord segment opaque and write-onable.1990 December 18, Mary Shafer, “Tabs for NOS books”, in rec.aviation (Usenet)
    • Jack had always leaned toward black Marsalot for notes, arrows and marginal balloons on any piece of evidence that was write-onable, to the vocal disgust of the district attorneys who had then to introduce the evidence into the trial record.1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, →ISBN, page 43

Forms of write-onable

comparativemore write-onable
superlativemost write-onable

Origin of write-onable

From write on + -able.

Questions about write-onable

What does write-onable mean?
Write-onable means capable of being written on.
What part of speech is write-onable?
Write-onable is an adjective.

Words near write-onable in the dictionary

  1. write-downs
  2. write-in
  3. write-ins
  4. write-off
  5. write-offs
  6. write-onable
  7. write-only
  8. write-only memories
  9. write-only memory
  10. write-through
  11. write-throughs

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