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daubable en · ADJ

Etymology

From daub + -able.

Meanings

1. (of a substance) Capable of being daubed, or painted onto a surface.
   • Surprises lie around every corner - from the topiary bull leaping over the wall (left), to the pyramid (right), made of old concrete blocks and covered in Peter's special mixture of daubable cement […] 2002, The Garden, volume 127, page 338:
   • Thus the whole mixture would be both fragrant and pourable/daubable. 2006, Douglas K. Stuart, Exodus, page 643:
2. (of a surface) Capable of being daubed or painted upon.
   • The Italian enthusiasm for racing leads enthusiasts to daub the names of their favorite competitors on walls, on houses, on anything daubable. 1936, The National Geographic Magazine, volume 70, page 386:
   • School gyms and washrooms, primarily — but also lifeboats, smokestacks, and other daubable features on the superstructure of a Liberian oil tanker I sailed on for one summer. 1998, Arthur Black, Black by Popular Demand: More Wit and Whimsy, page 5:

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