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- adjective Capable of being
scratched .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Now that they can put high amounts of data on tiny memory cards, we bother with scratchable discs that take too much space. $50 is a steep price for a movie, but all new technology is expensive at first.
Movies from Disney coming to your SD card | The Disney Blog 2009
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In 5 years time, you will probably see small 1TB (or more) portable memory devices, these devices will be the standard, not crappy DRM filled 50 gig scratchable discs.
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I think the large size of the iPhone, the giant scratchable, smudgeable screen, and limisted battery power are gonna be bigger factors in the future of the iPhone.
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Early enthusiasts predicted that its small size and ability to be rerecorded would make the relatively bulky and scratchable record obsolete.
Second Life 2006
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In 5 years time, you will probably see small 1TBor more portable memory devices, these devices will be the standard, not crappy DRM filled 50 gig scratchable discs.
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Scope came up with the scratchable fig leaf covering a model's pubic area.
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Paths and roads are highly scratchable objects, hence they are largely resorted to for food; further, they are used for the purpose of the daily dust-bath in which every self-respecting fowl indulges.
Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916
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Since then engraving, we say, is essentially cutting into the surface of any solid; as the primitive design is in lines or dots, the primitive cutting of such design is a scratch or a hole; and scratchable solids being essentially three -- stone, wood, metal, -- we shall have three great schools of engraving to investigate in each material.
Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving John Ruskin 1859
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The pack measures 19 by 11.5 by 4 inches and includes a special compartment for a 15-inch laptop, as well as generous sueded pockets for your other scratchable knickknacks.
Wired Top Stories Bryan Gardiner 2011
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Avant-Garde has recognized this problem and has introduced a collection of rings that is made from non-scratchable materials: tungsten carbide and ceramic.
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