penetrable
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- adjective
- /ˈpɛnɪtrəbl/
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penetrable
- The wall was made of a special material that was easily penetrable by sunlight.
- penetrable stuff
- makes them penetrable
Ice is more penetrable to the suffering of humans than God, it would seem.
- Ice is more penetrable to the suffering of humans than God, it would seem.
- Plus if we've got motorcycle gangs with Uzis or whatever they have, I think these are very penetrable.
Examples
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As the epigram to this essay potently suggests, the islands he explored and the peoples he encountered were conceived at once as lands of magic, full of mystery, and zones of fieldwork entirely penetrable by science.
Academic text (2014) -
Magical realism as an intercultural borderland thus can be said to constitute an ambiguous shifting space whose penetrable boundaries allow for both strategic border crossings and border patrolling.
Academic text (1999) -
"Our compacted clay surface is not water penetrable," he says.
Academic text (1996) -
So the pane allows a transparent view into the deep and penetrable exterior space of nature.
Fiction book (1992) -
They have been able to find a hardening for the surface that made them less penetrable than they had been.
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In effect, the Colombian state is said to be relatively fragmented and penetrable by private sector groups that possess multiple points of access and means to pressure the regime.
Academic text (1993) -
The forest was dense, but in some areas, the thickets were penetrable enough for hikers to pass through.
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The recipe called for a sauce that was penetrable enough to soak into the bread.
Synonyms
Able to be pierced by a sharp object
Antonyms
How Penetrable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word penetrable comes from the Latin verb penetrare, which means 'to enter' or 'go into'. It is like the English word penetrate, so something penetrable is something you can enter, pass through, or pierce.