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erasable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Italic *razdō Latin radō Latin ērādō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin ērāsusder. English erase Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English erasable From erase + -able.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Capable of being erased
    • Avoid the frustration of time-consuming do-overs on school projects. Try Crayola Erasable Markers, Crayons & colored pencils. 2006 Crayola Markers, Binney & Smith, Inc. [advertisement on box]
    • The Virginiola was recovered; the abstracted sheet was cunningly replaced, probably certain erasable marks that had been put in for fuller disguise were removed, and Mr Powis received back his property with formal regrets. 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:

Antonyms

unerasable · recordable

Deriveds

nonerasable · erasably · unerasable · erasable programmable read-only memory · erasable programmable logic device · inerasable

Relateds

rub out · eraser · rubber

Synonyms

delible

Translations (7)

fr effaçable (capable of being erased) · pl usuwalny (capable of being erased) · mk и́збришлив (capable of being erased) · pt apagável (capable of being erased) · cmn 可擦寫 /可擦写 (capable of being erased) · cmn 可消除的 (capable of being erased) · ja 消せる (capable of being erased)

erasable en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Italic *razdō Latin radō Latin ērādō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin ērāsusder. English erase Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English erasable From erase + -able.

Meanings

  1. Any recording medium whose contents can be erased.
    • With the addition of the erasables, the company now offers what it describes as "a complete family" of optical recording products, including Videodisk, CD-ROM, CD-audio, and write-once units. 1986, Photonics Spectra, volume 20:

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