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filterable

filterable

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Can pass through a fine cloth or paper and leave solids behind
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɪltərəbəl/
: filtrable
  • You can only see the data of users who are filterable by age and location.

Examples

  • There's an opportunity to turn this process into a piece of software, or better yet, a web service where all the responses are filtered using a special email address that makes everyone filterable and trackable through the web service.

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  • I'd make an educated guess that there's a filterable virus.

    Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)

  • RSS is mixable, mashable, parsable, filterable.

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  • The water in this pond is filterable, making it suitable for cleaning and reuse.

  • The laboratory tested several substances to find out which ones were filterable through the new membrane.

Surface Forms

filterable positive

Morphology

filterable = filter (transparent) = filter + able

Formed by the productive suffix '-able' added to the verb 'filter'; the meaning 'able to be filtered' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Filterable is made from filter + -able, and filter originally meant a piece of 'felt' used to strain liquids. So filterable means 'able to be passed through a filter', which helps you remember that only small or loose things can be filtered out.