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pinnable en · ADJ

Etymology

From pin + -able.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Suitable for having things pinned onto it.
    • The surface must be pinnable. Cardboard is the easiest surface on which to work. Buy a gridded folding cardboard cutting board or a gridded cardboard cutting table. 1998, Pati Palmer, Marta Alto, Barbara Weiland, Fit for real people: sew great clothes using any pattern:
  2. (not-comparable) Capable of being pinned (attached to part of the screen display).
    • Important menus, such as the root menu or Workspace menu, are "pinnable," which means that you can pin them up and keep them on your desktop […] 1994, Linda Mui, Valerie Quercia, X User Tools, page 312: