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effaceable

effaceable

9.3
Able to be removed or erased
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈfeɪsəbl/
translation icon : borrable
  • The marks on the whiteboard are effaceable with a wet cloth.

Examples

  • The old graffiti was effaceable with a special cleaning solution.

  • The ink on this paper is effaceable.

  • Historical records are not always effaceable, even when people wish to forget them.

  • The emotional wounds she felt were not easily effaceable by an apology.

  • This ink is effaceable.

  • The old graffiti was effaceable with a special cleaning solution.

  • This ink is effaceable, making it ideal for temporary notes.

Synonyms

removable
vseffaceable
20 3.3

Something you can take off or move to another place

also covers disappearance beyond physical detachment or removal
erasable
vseffaceable
1 2.8

Can be wiped off a surface with a cloth

is more general, applying to anything that can be made to disappear
delible
vseffaceable
9.2

Easy to remove or wash away

emphasizes general ability to be made to disappear or taken away
eradicable
vseffaceable
7.1

A thing people can completely remove, for example a disease or weed

is milder, allowing simple disappearance rather than full elimination
obliterable
vseffaceable
9.9

Can disappear completely with no trace remaining

allows mere disappearance or detachment rather than total destruction

How Erasable

effaceable
9.3
unerasable
1 7.1

Surface Forms

effaceable positive

Morphology

effaceable = efface (transparent) = efface + able

Formed from the verb 'efface' plus the productive suffix '-able', meaning 'capable of being erased', which is directly inferable from the base.

Etymology

Effaceable comes from the verb efface, which once meant 'to wipe out' or 'erase' and is easy to link with deface as if you are wiping a face clean. So, something effaceable can be removed or made to disappear.