showable

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adjective

Capable of, or suitable for, being shown; exhibitable.

“A longy Manx cat is not showable, though it can make a good pet.”

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectiveshowable (comparative more showable, superlative most showable)

comparative more showable · superlative most showable

  1. Capable of, or suitable for, being shown; exhibitable.

    A longy Manx cat is not showable, though it can make a good pet.

nounshowable (plural showables)

plural showables

  1. Something that can be shown.

    For Meinong's extraordinary work on emotional presentation will provide a series of ideas and distinctions that will enable us to push a bit further the idea of what we might call literary showables.

    2019, Peter J. McCormick, Modernity, Aesthetics, and the Bounds of Art, page 161
    1 more example

    Elvis must have become a new religion, at least in her eyes (and in the eyes of the people who bought her product)! Just like Mabe's unique showables, the wart and the toenail, many people have a unique story they could recall about Elvis, […]

    1999, Steven Opdyke, The printed Elvis: the complete guide to books about the king, page 183

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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