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trawlable

trawlable

7.5
Where people can search carefully to find information
  • adjective
  • /ˈtrɔːləbəl/
translation icon : explorable
  • With the new software, all company emails became trawlable for compliance checks.

Examples

  • The online database is fully trawlable by anyone with an internet connection.

  • Researchers found the digital archives highly trawlable for historical documents and records.

  • The database is trawlable for relevant articles.

  • Is the information trawlable for researchers?

  • The online database is fully trawlable by anyone with an internet connection.

  • Researchers found the digital archives highly trawlable for historical documents and records.

  • With the new software, all company emails became trawlable for compliance checks.

Synonyms

searchable
vstrawlable
9 2.8

Someone can find it by searching a computer or database

is able to be searched by wide-ranging examination not limited to search tools
explorable
vstrawlable
1 4.1

A place or thing you can look around and discover

is able to be searched thoroughly using many different methods
indexable
vstrawlable
  • Specialized
1 5.3

A page or file that search systems can find and show in results

is able to be searched through broad methods not only by organised lists

How Trawlable

trawlable
7.5
unfindable
1 7.1

Surface Forms

trawlable positive

Morphology

trawlable = trawl (semi-transparent) = trawl + able

Formed from the verb 'trawl' in its figurative sense 'search thoroughly' plus '-able'; the metaphorical extension may not be obvious to learners unfamiliar with the figurative use.

Etymology

Trawlable comes from trawl, the idea of 'dragging a net', and people now use it for searching too — like dragging a net through information — so trawlable means something that can be searched or examined widely.