scatterable

4.8

Can be spread easily over an area, like seeds or confetti

adjective
/ˈskætərəbəl/

: dispersable

Scatterable mines from overhead bursts scattered along the causeway to block it, while artillery fell on the vehicles bottlenecking toward the causeway and also on the southern end of the Iraqi formation.
scatterable mines

Examples

The scientist developed scatterable seeds that could be easily distributed in a wide area.
The new type of fertilizer is designed to be scatterable, allowing farmers to cover more ground quickly.
For the art project, we used scatterable colored powders that spread beautifully across the canvas.

Synonyms

spreadable

vsscatterable

1 2.5

Easy to put on bread or crackers with a knife

covers spreading or dispersing across an area, not just smearing

diffusive

vsscatterable

Specialized

1 7.7

Spreads slowly through a material, like ink in water

describes spreading over an area without stressing diffusion

dispersible

vsscatterable

Specialized

6.0

Able to dissolve and mix easily in water

is about spreading over an area, not only into liquids

diffusible

vsscatterable

Specialized

7.2

Able to pass through a material, like a gas or liquid

means spreading over an area rather than moving through materials

disseminative

vsscatterable

8.4

Likely to spread widely, for example news or disease

refers to general spreading over an area without stressing wide reach

How Scatterable

dispersible

Specialized

6.0

scatterable

4.8

loose

70 1.0

stable

473 2.3

Surface Forms

scatterable positive

Morphology

scatterable = scatter (transparent) = scatter + able

Formed by adding the productive adjectival suffix '-able' to the verb 'scatter', yielding 'able to be scattered', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Scatterable comes from scatter ('to throw or spread things in many directions') and the ending -able ('can be done'). Think of scattering seeds or confetti by a breeze. It means something that 'can be spread out over an area'.