washable

washable

English

Etymology

    From wash + -able.

    Adjective

    washable (comparative more washable, superlative most washable)

    1. Capable of being washed without being damaged; especially by a specified method, for example machine-washable.
      • 1956 January, “New Station at Potters Bar”, in Railway Magazine, page 25:
        The waiting rooms are centrally heated and tastefully furnished with carefully selected tones of easily washable emulsion paint.

    Antonyms

    Derived terms

    • reusable
    • rewashable (in practice, often synonymous, as most items that are washable are rewashable; the latter word gives connotative emphasis to repeated reuse)

    Translations

    Noun

    washable (plural washables)

    1. Something that can be washed without being damaged.