holdable

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adjective

That may be held.

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Meanings

adjectiveholdable (comparative more holdable, superlative most holdable)

comparative more holdable · superlative most holdable

  1. That may be held.

    Bones and stones, if you can forgive this vulgar formulation, are both holdable and beholdable.

    2017, Paul Kockelman, The Art of Interpretation in the Age of Computation, page 113

Origin

From hold + -able.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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