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carvable en · ADJ

Etymology

From carve + -able.

Meanings

  1. Capable of being carved.
    • Helmeted Hornbill, Rhinoplax vigil (CR): Restricted to the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo, this is the only hornbill species whose casque is solid keratin and therefore carvable. 2015, James Eaton et al., “Trade-driven extinctions and near-extinctions of avian taxa in Sundaic Indonesia”, in Forktail, page 2, column 2:

Forms

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more carvable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most carvable Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

uncarvable

Deriveds

carvability