erasable
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Adjective
erasable (not comparable)
- Capable of being erased
- 1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados:
- 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.
- 2006 Crayola Markers, Binney & Smith, Inc. [advertisement on box]:
- "Avoid the frustration of time-consuming do-overs on school projects. Try Crayola Erasable Markers, Crayons & colored pencils."
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- erasable programmable logic device
- erasable programmable read-only memory
- erasably
- inerasable
- nonerasable
- unerasable
Translations
capable of being erased
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Noun
erasable (plural erasables)
- Any recording medium whose contents can be erased.
- 1986, Photonics Spectra, volume 20:
- 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.