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  • adjective Capable of being wiped.

Etymologies

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wipe +‎ -able

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Examples

  • Though the Ikea Latt kids 'table set is "wipeable", you don't want to spend all afternoon scrubbing crayon marks off the white surfaces.

    ikea hacker 2009

  • When you become a parent, you leave behind a world constructed of solid wood and clear glass and soft fabric to enter a universe made of plastic: wipeable, unbreakable, primary-colored plastic.

    Origins Annie Murphy Paul 2010

  • Having booked a couple of days ahead, four of us were rewarded with one of the booths with emerald green buttoned upholstery - a fabric that seems eminently wipeable - that divide the ground floor unrecognisable from its previous incarnation as Vama between tables facing gastronomically barren King's Road and those beneath a glazed roof at the back.

    Evening Standard - Home Fay Maschler 2011

  • But this is a new, spruced-up edition of the bible of the industry, with a cleaner design, wipeable cover, newly introduced plants and changes in plant names.

    NYT > Home Page By DOMINIQUE BROWNING 2011

  • The little boy would color pictures on the wipeable patient information board in her room, and nurses made her a mobile of family photos.

    EMSResponder.com: Top EMS News 2010

  • It would have been nice if they were made of a smooth, wipeable surface instead.

    Celebrity Baby Blog Shanelle 2010

  • Designed with kids in mind, the laptop boasts a unique wipeable keyboard, allowing for easy cleaning of smudges left by messy hands and a no-gloss Dura-cross textured finish that helps resist fingerprints.

    eCoustics.com news 2010

  • The little boy would color pictures on the wipeable patient information board in her room, and nurses made her a mobile of family photos.

    STLtoday.com Top News Headlines 2010

  • The little boy would color pictures on the wipeable patient information board in her room, and nurses made her a mobile of family photos.

    Channel3000.com - Local News 2010

  • The little boy would color pictures on the wipeable patient information board in her room, and nurses made her a mobile of family photos.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

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