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concealable

concealable

2 6.0
Easy to hide from view
  • adjective
  • /kənˈsiːləbl/
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  • concealable firearms

They're so quiet that like I guess as far as pets go like you could, those are probably the most concealable.

Examples

  • because it's illegal to make a weapon more concealable

  • These were lighter and more concealable than wood and needed only to be kept oiled.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Lightweight, easily concealable...

    Fiction book (1997)
  • I would even banish private ownership of concealable weapons—handguns—completely.

    Blog text (14)
  • In this respect, the 1936 amendment exacerbated the NFA's tendency to draw arbitrary length restrictions between equally concealable firearms.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Participants commonly thought that snus and dissolvable tobacco products made tobacco use more "discreet" since they were compact in size ("could just put them in your back pocket and have it concealable") and odorless ("wouldn't smell like cigarettes").

    Academic text (2012)
  • The small size of this gadget makes it easily concealable in a pocket.

  • Many self-defense items are designed to be concealable, allowing users to carry them discreetly.

  • He carried a concealable stun gun in his bag for personal safety.

Antonyms

Easy for others to see or notice

How Concealable

hidden
125 1.1
inconspicuous
15 6.9
concealable
2 6.0
noticeable
65 3.2
visible
398 1.0

Surface Forms

concealable positive

Morphology

concealable = conceal (transparent) = conceal + able

A straightforward adjectival formation from the verb 'conceal' with the productive suffix '-able', yielding 'able to be hidden'.

Etymology

The word concealable comes from conceal, which is made of the parts con- and celare meaning 'with' and 'to hide'. The ending -able means 'can be', so concealable literally means 'can be hidden', which is why we use it for something that can be kept out of sight.