insertable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English insert

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English insertable

From insert + -able.

Adjective

insertable (comparative more insertable, superlative most insertable)

1. Able to be inserted; able to be put into something else.

   Antonyms: uninsertable; delible

   The design was modified to be more insertable.

See also

• indexable
• unindexable

Noun

insertable (plural insertables)

1. Something that can be inserted.

   Various implantables and insertables are available.

   • 2011, Peter Auer, Stefan Pfänder, Constructions: Emerging and Emergent:

     Insertables are very similar to glue-ons in that they retrospectively change the syntactic gestalt of the previous unit.

   • 2009, Daryl S. Paulson, Applied Biomedical Microbiology: A Biofilms Approach:

     I've had the opportunity to work on mouthwashes and astringents, catheter antimicrobial treatments, and antimicrobial treatments of other implantables and insertables.

Anagrams

• East Berlin, breast line, sinterable