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skateable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English skate Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English skateable From skate + -able.

Meanings

1. Suitable for skating (or skateboarding) upon.
   • The lack of skateable ice outdoors also prevented the Club giving its usual set of races to help encourage this sport and keep up interest. 1919, New York Athletic Club, The Winged Foot:
   • When the skaters are out in public, while you guys see it as a curb, stairs, a handrail, a bank, or a ledge, we look at it as, Is it skateable? 2005, Robert MacNeil, William Cran, Robert McCrum, Do You Speak American?:
   • I thought about the strips of ice, beautiful skateable ice, that emerged from underneath his shovel as he cleared the deep, powdery snow off our pond. 2001, Margaret A Salinger, Dream Catcher: A Memoir:

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