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🔒 Able to shut 📐 Can be closed
closable

closable

3.2
You can shut it so it does not open
  • adjective
  • /ˈkloʊzəbl/
translation icon : cerrable
  • Guyonnet found evidence of the spatial separation of Jews within cities in the form of inward-facing houses and traces of easily closable entrance and exit gates.

Examples

  • This was sort of my plan as there's only one closable room.

    Blog text (28)

  • It was a tube of coarse, rusty steel mesh sealed at one end and closable at the other.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The tent features two closable mesh windows that keep insects out.

  • Make sure to buy a storage box with a closable lid to protect your items.

  • For safety, use a closable container to store sharp objects.

Synonyms

sealable
vsclosable
1 3.7

Able to be closed tightly so nothing can get in or out

emphasizes secure shutting rather than complete airtightness
closeable
vsclosable
1 3.2

Able to be shut or sealed to keep things inside

is about being shut with emphasis on secure fastening

Surface Forms

closable positive

Morphology

closable = close (transparent) = close + able

Standard adjective formation from the verb 'close' with '-able', meaning 'able to be closed', which an average learner can derive.

Etymology

The word closable comes from the simple parts close, meaning 'to shut', and -able, meaning 'able to'. So it literally means 'able to be shut', like a lid or box you can close to keep things inside.