repairable

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/ɹəˈpɛɹəbəl/

adjective

Able to be repaired.

“Luckily, the damage from the accident was repairable.”

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Meanings

adjectiverepairable (comparative more repairable, superlative most repairable)

comparative more repairable · superlative most repairable

  1. 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 641

    Synonyms: reparable, fixable, mendable, rectifiable

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveAble to be repaired.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishpair
  7. Englishrepair
  8. Englishrepairable

From repair + -able.

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Chicago

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