lockable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈlɔ.kə.bəl/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English lockable From lock + -able.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Capable of being locked.
Because we would be away from the car for an hour or more and because the carrier, though zippable, was not lockable and, in any event, was slashable, we put all the suitcases, etc., in the car with us while we drove downtown from the motel.
2015, Paul Gabler, Slices of a Life:A desk for personal use with a file drawer that can be locked or a separate lockable file are ^([sic]) also a necessity.
1987, Henry P Coppolillo, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy of Children:
Antonyms
Deriveds
nonlockable · lockability · lockably
Translations (5)
hu zárható (capable of being locked) · nn låsbar (capable of being locked) · fi lukittava (capable of being locked) · nb låsbar (capable of being locked) · fr verrouillable (capable of being locked)