Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being opened or unclosed; fitted to be opened.

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  • adjective That can be opened

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Examples

  • Here is some advice - 1. Make sure that you are sending your resume in a format that is "openable" by the receiver.

    Boston.com Top Stories 2011

  • So in turn make rooms like 3 feet taller than the door, make the window above the door openable and then the hot air leaves the room out that window. in winter, twas closed, and then it trapped the hot air in. thank you for your great picture, by the way.

    Difference Between Theists, Agnostics and Atheists (lamb version) | My[confined]Space 2009

  • You mentioned that you want it to: [a] be openable, like books are - a 'one-page book' is a pamphlet; [2] to be able to write in it - again, like real books; [3] have the ability to 'thumb' through it or 'turn pages' - again, like real books!

    eBook Readers, or, How To Miss The Point 2009

  • For proper egress, windows must open at least 24″ high, 20″ wide, and have a net openable area of 5.7 square feet.

    Egress Window Quiz | Reuben's Home Inspection Blog 2009

  • In residential buildings, openable windows permit natural ventilation to take advantage of wind currents and convection to cool spaces.

    Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010

  • There were four of them and he could tell from their handles that all were openable.

    Portobello Ruth Rendell 2010

  • If Ground Zero was to have an icon, it looked as if it might be the new PATH commuter train station being designed by Santiago Calatrava, who produced one of his characteristic avian skeletons with a vast openable roof.

    Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010

  • If Ground Zero was to have an icon, it looked as if it might be the new PATH commuter train station being designed by Santiago Calatrava, who produced one of his characteristic avian skeletons with a vast openable roof.

    Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010

  • In residential buildings, openable windows permit natural ventilation to take advantage of wind currents and convection to cool spaces.

    Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010

  • If Ground Zero was to have an icon, it looked as if it might be the new PATH commuter train station being designed by Santiago Calatrava, who produced one of his characteristic avian skeletons with a vast openable roof.

    Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010

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