Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. That can be used: usable byproducts.
- adj. Fit for use; convenient to use: usable spare parts.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Capable of being used.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Capable of being used.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. convenient for use or disposal
- adj. fit or ready for use or service
- adj. capable of being put to use
Etymologies
- From Old French usable, from verb user "to use". (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Print the web page by either clicking on File, Print or pressing control p. The final step is making the label usable for your needs.”
“An officer also found what they called a usable amount of cocaine in her car.”
“Police also found a small amount of what they called usable amount of cocaine in her car.”
“The term usable history is long due for retirement, along with books like Howard Zinn’s _People’s History of the United States_.”
“The suspension is nicely engineered for both on - and off-road travel and Mitsu has tried to keep the horsepower/torque numbers in usable ranges.”
The Huffington Post: Steve Parker: Mitsubishi's 2010 Outlander Off-Roader a Serious Vehicle
“No insects native to North America produce honey in usable amounts.”
Think Progress » CPAC audience boos former GOP Rep. Bob Barr for saying waterboarding is torture.
“As to cases I use anything 12 Ga, including any found laying around while hunting, as long as they are in usable condition I'll reload them.”
“Not that getting anything usable is meant to be the point of the exercise, but it's happened before, so ...”
“I predict that if LRO/LCROSS do * not* find water in usable quantities (which LMM and Lunar Prospector have * not* found in their extensive searches), a lunar base will be shelved for a more ambitious mission to Mars.”
“By the way, your formulation of water in "usable quantities" is a red herring.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘usable’.
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TECH - metals and alloys
embrittle, braze, nickel alloy, metallize, Inconel, eutectic, metalize, vapor pressure, corrosion-resistant, alloy, stainless steel, neutron flux and 262 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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-bles
fine find endings
able, amble, bable, cable, cible, coble, dable, fable, gable, gible, tible, table and 241 more...
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