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plantable

plantable

3.1
Able to be put in soil so it can grow
  • adjective
  • /ˈplæntəbl/
translation icon : plantable
  • The gardener marked off a section of plantable land for the new flower bed.

Examples

  • This soil is rich and plantable, making it ideal for growing vegetables.

  • In preparation for spring, she checked which areas were plantable in her backyard.

  • There are no more than twenty markers on the side of the small rise with a low stone wall designating the ground from the plantable field around it.

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

farmable
vsplantable
1 3.0

Land that can be used to grow crops

is meant to be placed in soil to grow
tillable
vsplantable
1 5.8

Land that can be plowed and used to grow crops

is suitable for being placed in soil to grow without focus on ploughing
cultivable
vsplantable
5.8

Land that is good for farming

is suitable to be placed in soil to grow
cultivatable
vsplantable
4.4

Land that can be farmed to grow crops

is possible to be placed in soil to grow
growable
vsplantable
4.4

Something people can grow or make larger

is about being placed in soil to grow rather than general growth

Antonyms

uncultivable
8.6

Land that cannot grow crops

How Plantable

ideal
203 4.2
suitable
172 1.8
plantable
3.1
marginal
11 4.7
unsuitable
20 2.6

Surface Forms

plantable positive

Morphology

plantable = plant (transparent) = plant + able

Meaning is directly derived from the verb 'plant' plus the productive suffix '-able' indicating 'capable of being planted'.

Etymology

Plantable is formed from the common word plant, meaning a living thing you put in the ground, and the ending -able, which means 'can be'. So, plantable means something you 'can plant', like a seed or a small pot you put in soil to grow.