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preservable

preservable

4.9
Able to keep its quality for a long time
  • adjective
  • /prɪˈzɜrvəbl/
translation icon : preservable
  • These documents are well-organized and preservable, making them easy to reference in the future.

The object is nameable, storable and preservable, imbued with the power and authority, perhaps even aura, of both place and selection.

Examples

  • Many foods are more preservable than others, lasting longer without spoiling.

  • The object is nameable, storable and preservable, imbued with the power and authority, perhaps even aura, of both place and selection.

  • Furthermore, it is not simply the actual physical books but rather their literary style that renders them copyable, memorable, repeatable, and thus preservable.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The Inuit skillfully rendered spatial information in preservable graphic form, as in sand, snow, and other ephemeral media.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Multicellular animals of modern design—and with hard parts preservable as fossils—first appeared, also with geological alacrity, some 550 million years ago in an episode called the Cambrian explosion.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The artist chose materials that were both beautiful and preservable, ensuring the artwork would last for generations.

Synonyms

saveable
vspreservable
2.7

Something you can keep and use again later

emphasizes keeping quality or usefulness intact during storage

Antonyms

12 4.6

Likely to go bad quickly, especially food

How Preservable

imperishable
2 7.3
durable
56 3.6
preservable
4.9
fragile
83 3.4
perishable
12 4.6

Surface Forms

preservable positive

Morphology

preservable = preserve (transparent) = preserve + able

Formed by adding the productive suffix '-able' to the verb 'preserve', meaning 'capable of being preserved'.

Etymology

Preservable comes from the parts pre- 'before' and serve 'keep', and you can see the same root in reserve, which also means to 'keep' something for later. So, something preservable is 'able to be kept' or kept safe so it does not lose quality.