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erasable

erasable

1 2.8
Can be wiped off a surface with a cloth
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈreɪsəbl/
translation icon : borrable
  • It's great to have an erasable pen for drafting my work, as I can make changes without any mess.
  • an erasable board
  • erasable and programmable

Examples

  • Did you know that they make erasable colored pencils?

  • Don't use easily smudged erasable paper.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Because they are erasable, I use them for writing in my planner.

    Blog text (28)

  • These erasable boards and accompanying supplies are available in office supply stores or in the office and school supply sections of most department stores.

    Academic text (1992)

  • For example, to reduce the chance of operating on the wrong ear, a protocol including duplication is as follows: an erasable board in the OR is marked with the patient's name, allergies, and side to be operated on.

    Academic text (1996)

  • ThinkBlocks support both cognition and metacognition. Each dry-erasable ThinkBlock functions as a single idea.

    Academic text (2009)

  • If multiple students are participating in a lesson, they could actively respond as a group by saying aloud letters in an alphabet sequence or writing their letters on erasable poster boards and showing their responses in unison.

    Academic text (2015)

  • On the erasable noteboard on the wall, she's doodled Cupid's flavored condoms and script-written "Jae-Cee Boyfriend loves Taiesha."

    Fiction book (1996)

  • I love using my new erasable colored pencils for art projects because I can easily correct my mistakes.

  • The teacher handed out erasable noteboards so that students could reuse them for different lessons.

Synonyms

rewritable
vserasable
  • Specialized
1 4.1

Able to be erased and written on again like a CD or memory card

focuses on removability from a surface or record not on repeated writing
effaceable
vserasable
9.3

Able to be removed or erased

is specific to removal from a surface or record
delible
vserasable
9.2

Easy to remove or wash away

does not stress lack of permanence, focusing on surface or record removal

Antonyms

permanent
650 3.2

Continuing for a long time and unlikely to change

indelible
23 7.0

Not able to be removed, erased, or forgotten

Compounds

erasable programmable read-only memory
  • Specialized
7.7

A chip you clear with ultraviolet light and then write new information on it

How Erasable

erasable
1 2.8
permanent
650 3.2

Surface Forms

erasable positive

Morphology

erasable = erase (transparent) = erase + able

A regular adjectival formation from the verb 'erase' with the productive suffix '-able', meaning 'capable of being erased'.

Etymology

Erasable comes from erase plus the ending -able, and erase goes back to an old Latin root radere meaning 'to scrape'. So, to call something erasable is to say it can be 'scraped away' or removed from a surface or record.