Meanings
- 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, →OCLCSynonyms: delible
plural erasables
- 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
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecapable of being effaced
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Italic*razdō
- Latinradō
- Latinērādō
- Latinērāsus
- Englisherase
- Englisherasable
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
erasable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erasable
“erasable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erasable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “erasable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erasable.
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