Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable or admitting of being squeezed; compressible.
  • Figuratively, capable of being constrained or coerced: as, a squeezable government.

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  • adjective able to be squeezed

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  • adjective capable of being easily compressed

Etymologies

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squeeze +β€Ž -able

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Examples

  • It’s actually kinda of a reference to a movie called sci-fi movie called Space Truckers which stars Dennis Hopper and the food (at least the food the truckers eat) is like a paste in squeezable tubes.

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  • In the U.S., a big maker of so-called squeezable fruit is Peter Rabbit Organics, a closely held British firm with products in more than 8,000 outlets, including 6,000 Starbucks Corp. coffee shops.

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  • Then her eyes were really beautiful, and she had the trimmest, dearest little figure in the world; "squeezable" was the word Watts used to describe it, and most men thought the same.

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  • We decided to include one "squeezable" product in the test, and this one acquitted itself fairly well.

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  • We decided to include one "squeezable" product in the test, and this one acquitted itself fairly well.

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  • We decided to include one "squeezable" product in the test, and this one acquitted itself fairly well.

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  • We decided to include one "squeezable" product in the test, and this one acquitted itself fairly well.

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  • We decided to include one "squeezable" product in the test, and this one acquitted itself fairly well.

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  • Even more accessible is Sweet n' Fancy Yellow Mustard from Mustard Girl, a home-grown Wisconsin outfit that makes the well-rounded, squeezable mustard $3 for 12 ounces, mustardmuseum.com , which calls out for a warm pretzel.

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  • This cozy pillow is made with the softest fleece and filled with the fluffiest polyester filling to make it perfectly squeezable yet firm.

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