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  • adjective Capable of being nested (stacked or housed one inside the other).

Etymologies

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nest +‎ -able

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Examples

  • Each storage container is also 'nestable', meaning they stack and nest within each other to save valuable space in your cabinet or refrigerator.

    Yugster.com 2010

  • They are nestable and when shipped the company can fit ten times the typical quantity on a forty foot truck.

    21 posts from April 2008 2008

  • I have a mix of Pyrex and some other brand; they are “nestable” – biggest lid, biggest dish, next biggest lid inside that, next biggest dish – et cetera.

    Ask Unclutterer: Food storage containers | Unclutterer 2010

  • It offers a complete traditional organizational structure with arbitrarily nestable folders where Google Docs now only offers single level folders.

    Review: Versionate (v. Google Docs) : #comments 2007

  • I've just modified it to use the window.location.href as the initial search query, and prettied up the output as a nestable unordered list.

    Recursive Backlinks - Freshblog 2006

  • I've just modified it to use the window.location.href as the initial search query, and prettied up the output as a nestable unordered list.

    Archive 2006-05-01 2006

  • Hence, Toronto-based STAXI - the world's leading developer and manufacturer of nestable transportation chairs - today revealed that the STAXI nestable transportation chair could help those with heart-related medical conditions as well as other physical disabilities move more freely and easily about airports or public attractions as well as hospitals with reduced strain or stress.

    Releases feed from RealWire 2010

  • STAXI is the leading wheelchair alternative and the best-selling, nestable transport chair in North America.

    Releases feed from RealWire 2010

  • Moreover, the STAXI nestable transportation chairs are used successfully and widely in the USA's most prestigious hospitals and healthcare systems.

    Releases feed from RealWire 2010

  • STAXI is difficult to steal by virtue of its nestable design.

    Releases feed from RealWire 2010

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