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spearable en · ADJ

Etymology

From spear + -able.

Meanings

  1. Able to be speared.
    • He also carried a sword which, when unable to find anything illegal during a search of prisoners' effects, he would use to spear any inanimate and spearable object within reach […] 2014, Oliver Clutton-Brock, Raymond Crompton, The Long Road:

Forms

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most spearable Degree=Sup lexicographic
more spearable Degree=Cmp lexicographic