diggable

comparative more diggable · superlative most diggable

1. Capable of being dug.
   1. Possible and (especially) feasible to dig physically.

      The rocky soil was diggable, but only with difficulty.

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      Though there seemed to be some “diggable” places, Dr. Levinthal said that the project scientists “might decide to look around” for alternate sampling sites.

      1976 July 24, John Noble Wilford, “SCIENTISTS FEEL THEY CAN FIX ARM ON VIKING LANDER”, in The New York Times

      Intriguingly, their idea also explains why gold and platinum are found in the Earth’s crust, well within diggable reach.

      2015 November 27, Kenneth Chang, “Scientists Link Moon’s Tilt and Earth’s Gold”, in The New York Times

      Two sloths have also died at the Las Vegas SeaQuest. Like all the others, it is located in an indoor shopping center, where natural light, humidity, vegetation and diggable floors — the environmental setting in which many animals thrive — are in short supply.

      2024 September 7, Melena Ryzik, “Should You Hug a Sloth?”, in The New York Times

      Synonyms: excavatable · Antonyms: undiggable

   2. uncommonWorthy of digging (appreciating and enjoying).

      Near-synonyms: appreciable, enjoyable

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      Yeah, their jazz is diggable, but they leave something on the table by not getting funkier with the horns.

      Synonyms: appreciable, enjoyable

comparative more Diggable · superlative most Diggable

1. InternetSuitable for the American news aggregator Digg.

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   Under the new policy, the big fat yellow button that turns a mouse click into a Digg vote will be dropped from posts that simply link to other sites. Only original content will be easily Diggable. (Every news article on NYTimes.com has a share tool with Digg as one of the options; blog posts like this one don’t).

   2007 June 14, Mike Nizza, “Thou Shalt Not Digg Thyself”, in The New York Times