Meanings
comparative more repairable · superlative most repairable
- Able to be repaired.
Luckily, the damage from the accident was repairable.
1 more example
Even though W.R. locomotives would always be maintained in W.R. territory, "foreign" depots must be capable of attending to any repairable defects that might occur while the Western units are "abroad"; [...].
1961 November, “Editorial: Inter-Regional diesel locomotive operation”, in Trains Illustrated, page 641Synonyms: reparable, fixable, mendable, rectifiable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAble to be repaired.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishpair
- Englishrepair
- Englishrepairable
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