🪑 Can move easily 🧘 Can be rolled up 🏭 Can be flattened

rollable

4.6

Can be made thinner by passing between heavy metal wheels in a factory

adjective
/ˈroʊəbl/

Specialized

: malleable

Because the material is highly rollable, it is ideal for making thin metal foils.

Examples

The steel sheets are rollable and can be processed into various thicknesses for construction.
This material is rollable for easy transportation.
Only certain types of plastic are rollable enough to be used in this manufacturing technique.
The new packaging is rollable to save space.
The new packaging material is rollable, allowing it to be easily transported and stored.
This flexible rubber sheet is rollable, making it suitable for industrial applications.
The rollable carpet can be flattened easily when it's time to clean the floors.

Synonyms

pliable

vsrollable

8 4.2

Easy to bend or shape

is specific to being flattened by rollers in industrial processing

How Malleable

malleable

Specialized

3 6.0

rollable

Specialized

4.6

hard

764 1.0

brittle

31 3.9

Surface Forms

rollable positive

Morphology

rollable = roll (transparent) = roll + able

Productive suffixation forming an adjective meaning 'able to be processed by rolling'; the morphological relation to 'roll' is direct.

Etymology

Rollable uses the root roll, which can mean 'to press and move while turning' as when you use a rolling pin to make dough flat, together with -able, meaning 'can be'. So rollable describes materials that 'can be flattened or reduced in thickness by rolling'.