erasable

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adjective

Capable of being erased

UncommonScrabble 10

Meanings

adjectiveerasable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCapable of being erased

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    The Virginiola was recovered; the abstracted sheet was cunningly replaced, probably certain erasable marks that had been put in for fuller disguise were removed, and Mr Powis received back his property with formal regrets.

    1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

    Synonyms: delible

nounerasable (plural erasables)

plural erasables

  1. Any recording medium whose contents can be erased.

    With the addition of the erasables, the company now offers what it describes as "a complete family" of optical recording products, including Videodisk, CD-ROM, CD-audio, and write-once units.

    1986, Photonics Spectra, volume 20

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCapable of being erased

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More synonyms by meaning

adjectivecapable of being effaced

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Italic*razdō
  7. Latinradō
  8. Latinērādō
  9. Latinērāsus
  10. Englisherase
  11. Englisherasable

From erase + -able.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 可擦寫 /可擦写, 可消除的
  • 可擦寫 /可擦写capable of being erased
  • 可消除的capable of being erased
French effaçable
  • effaçablecapable of being erased
Japanese 消せる
  • 消せる (keseru)capable of being erased
Polish usuwalny
  • usuwalnycapable of being erased
Portuguese apagável
  • apagávelcapable of being erased
Cite this entry
APA

erasable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erasable

MLA

“erasable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erasable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “erasable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erasable.

Source: erasable on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.