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  • adjective Capable of being compacted.

Etymologies

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compact +‎ -able

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Examples

  • It's true that various forms of music have been sent out into the spheres, probably because music is a fairly compactable (and mathematical, and therefore acceptable) art form.

    Lunokhod and the Art of Space Heather McDougal 2009

  • It's true that various forms of music have been sent out into the spheres, probably because music is a fairly compactable (and mathematical, and therefore acceptable) art form.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Heather McDougal 2009

  • For parents living in small dwellings in the big city, furniture that is aesthetically pleasing, highly functional and compactable is a must… especially when it

    Jellio Debuts their Xylophone Coffee Table | Inhabitat 2009

  • Having compactable parcels of weather all over the neighborhood hit lots of the north country this year .

    Friday, Feb. 27 – The Bleat. 2009

  • I am still holding on 3.0 just because this addon is not compactable with 3.0.1.

    Download Tab Mix Plus for Firefox 3 2008

  • The unique and compactable unit has been making waves since its debut at the Salon Del Mobile Milan in April 2006 and has been purchased for the MOMA NY Collection and the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum in New York.

    ONE SHOT STOOL by Materialise | Inhabitat 2006

  • The BlocMatic was designed to manufacture blocks, bricks, pipes, etc, from concrete or other compactable materials.

    Chapter 13 1991

  • What worked: With 800-fill goose down, the grade used in the priciest sleeping bags, the garment manages to be lighter, more compactable and somehow warmer than my original Patagonia down jacket which, incidentally, is still going strong after 25 years.

    SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter John Flinn 2011

  • The Kruikantoor is an EPS foam compactable office set up covered in a polyurea hotspray.

    Pocket-lint 2010

  • The Kruikantoor is an EPS foam compactable office set up covered in a polyurea hotspray.

    Pocket-lint 2010

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