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  • adjective Capable of being spilled.

Etymologies

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spill +‎ -able

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Examples

  • The batteries must be of the dry or gel, non-spillable, sealed type and they must be disconnected safely before it is loaded onto the aircraft.

    EasyJet taken to task over wheelchair policy 2010

  • Upon learning of their efforts, clerics denounced them from mosques, and one cleric declared the blood of their leader, Nada Al-`Ali, to be "spillable."

    Tuesday, February 07, 2006 As'ad 2006

  • Upon learning of their efforts, clerics denounced them from mosques, and one cleric declared the blood of their leader, Nada Al-`Ali, to be "spillable."

    Tuesday, February 28, 2006 As'ad 2006

  • When I am walking in a crowded room, especially while carrying a spillable object in my hands balanced above other precariously situated object, and some rude motherchicken decides to bump into me, spill my long-anticipated tasty lunch on the ground, and then continue on his bumbling way, I should be able to sentence that person to eternal damnation.

    bluemeany Diary Entry bluemeany 2005

  • LeClanché batteries, while in point of convenience and economy, resulting from their small size and non-breakable, non-spillable features and low cost, they leave no room for comparison.

    Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. George Patterson 1910

  • The advanced AGM technology also makes these batteries non-spillable under normal operating conditions and capable of being installed in almost any orientation (inverted not recommended).

    News 2009

  • Don't put anything spillable above anything that doesn't like getting wet. supaunknown wrote: What's the best way to clean tears off a pop filter?

    unknown title 2009

  • He said that people on earth are three segments as far as Islam is concerned: The first segment are those who are the community of Islam who are members of it; the second segment are those who are peaceful and in detente with Muslims, for dhimmah or truce or protection vow, and the blood of the two groups [of this segment], is protected unless one of them does something that makes his blood spillable and his money available [for confiscation] according to jurisprudence...

    Monday, October 31, 2005 As'ad 2005

  • Don't let her carry anything spillable, Betty, or we won't have all the lunch we count on, "Mollie urged.

    The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand Laura Lee Hope

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