Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of taking a polish: thus, marble is polishable, and may be defined as a polishable crystalline limestone.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being polished.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That can be
polished .
Etymologies
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Examples
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That at which she paused had an exterior promising comfort within; the windows were clean and neatly curtained, and the polishable appurtenances of the door gleamed to perfection.
New Grub Street 2003
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Works of supererogation, such as polishing everything polishable -- the shot for the guns, in extreme cases, not even excepted -- until it shone like the tropical sun at noonday, left him little leisure or inclination for mirth.
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The REACTION PRO-PLATE features wear-resistant, highly polishable, 100% genuine leather construction and a rugged carbon-fiber plate backed by an impact-absorbing cushion.
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Unbalance caused (as i understand - polishable) may not be significant either.
unknown title 2009
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Made of polishable white leather, the sneaker's stitching is designed to represent Michael Jordan's iconic No. 23.
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Three years later, 3M ESPE introduced Filtek Supreme Plus, a strong, polishable dental material and the first to include nanoparticles.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2009
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