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buildable

buildable

1 3.9
Land where you can put a house or other structure
  • adjective
  • /ˈbɪldəbl/
translation icon : construible
  • The process will ensure that the bridge's design is sound and buildable, according to the statement.
  • buildable land
  • buildable lot

There's a lot of volcanic rock and this rock actually is buildable material as well.

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Examples

  • I think you need something in a hard pan that is buildable or easy to shear out.

  • It will put a large number of buildable lots on the market, which will have the effect of driving down land costs, which will most likely result in small in-fill builders making speculative land investments.

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  • I want to see how buildable it actually is.

  • Oh I love how buildable this formula is.

  • Blends really easily and it's much more buildable than than I thought.

  • I certainly hope that offshore is buildable at reasonable cost, and in my post I quoted references to efforts to reduce them.

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  • There's a lot of volcanic rock and this rock actually is buildable material as well.

  • The city is looking for more areas that are suitable for development and have enough buildable space.

  • The new zoning laws will increase the number of buildable lots in the suburban neighborhood.

  • Many investors are interested in purchasing buildable land near the coast for future residential projects.

Synonyms

developable
vsbuildable
1 5.3

Land and ideas that can be built on or improved

is specifically about land suitability for putting structures or use
constructible
vsbuildable
  • Specialized
4.9

Can be built using specific rules or methods

is about land or sites being fit for putting structures there

How Buildable

ideal
203 4.2
developable
1 5.3
buildable
1 3.9
marginal
35 4.9

Surface Forms

buildable positive

Morphology

buildable = build (transparent) = build + able

Clear derivation from 'build' + the productive adjective-forming suffix '-able', meaning 'suitable for or capable of being built'.

Etymology

Buildable comes from build ('to make or put up') and the ending -able ('can'), the same root you see in building and builder. So, when land is buildable it 'can be built on' or is suitable for putting up a house.