carvable

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English

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Etymology

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From carve +‎ -able.

Adjective

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carvable (comparative more carvable, superlative most carvable)

  1. Capable of being carved.
    • 2015, James Eaton et al., “Trade-driven extinctions and near-extinctions of avian taxa in Sundaic Indonesia”, in Forktail, page 2, column 2:
      Helmeted Hornbill, Rhinoplax vigil (CR): Restricted to the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo, this is the only hornbill species whose casque is solid keratin and therefore carvable.

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