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storable

storable

1 3.4
Can be saved on a phone or computer for later use
  • adjective
  • /ˈstɔːrəbəl/
  • Specialized
: guardable
  • This cloud service provides a secure way to make all your files storable and accessible from anywhere.

Examples

  • Even though electricity is not directly storable, it can, at least in a hydropower system, be indirectly stored in the form of water in reservoirs.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Of course, with the enormous proliferation of reproducible and storable media, it seems unlikely that Groucho and his brothers will be forgotten, but a thousand years from now, ten thousand, fifty thousand... who knows?

    Blog text (13)
  • A bi propellant are storable monopropellant system.

  • The new software allows users to create documents that are easily storable on various devices.

  • Many images taken with modern cameras are high-resolution and storable in multiple formats.

Synonyms

recordable
vsstorable
1 3.9

Can be saved for later use or review

is broader, applying to keeping data in memory or on devices
serializable
vsstorable
  • Specialized
1 7.8

Able to be changed into a form that can be saved or sent

emphasizes keeping data accessible in electronic memory or on devices
stowable
vsstorable
1 4.9

Can be put away easily when not in use

relates instead to keeping data for later access in electronic memory
saveable
vsstorable
1 2.7

Something you can keep and use again later

focuses on holding data in electronic memory or on hardware devices
keepable
vsstorable
1 3.5

Can be saved and not thrown away

has a narrower focus on digital data kept in memory or devices

Antonyms

unwritable
  • Specialized
1 6.7

A file you cannot save or change because you do not have permission

How Storable

persistent
  • Specialized
2 4.9
nonvolatile
  • Specialized
1 6.3
storable
  • Specialized
1 3.4
temporary
538 3.0
ephemeral
17 8.6
volatile
106 7.0

Surface Forms

storable positive

Morphology

storable = store (transparent) = store + able

Same productive formation: verb 'store' + '-able' yields an adjective meaning 'capable of being stored', applicable to electronic storage as well.

Etymology

Storable comes from the verb store and the ending -able, where store means 'to save' and -able means 'can be'. So on a phone or computer, a storable file is one you can put into storage or memory to use later.