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write-onable

write-onable

8.5
A surface you can write on with a pen or marker
  • adjective
  • /ˈraɪtˌoʊnəbl/
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  • This board is write-onable with dry-erase markers.

Examples

  • These folders are write-onable, making them ideal for organizing paperwork.

  • I always buy write-onable labels for my storage boxes.

  • The new tape is write-onable, so you can label it easily with a marker.

  • I need a write-onable surface for my presentation.

  • I always buy write-onable labels for my storage boxes.

  • These folders are write-onable, making them ideal for organizing paperwork.

  • The new tape is write-onable, so you can label it easily with a marker.

Synonyms

writable
vswrite-onable
  • Specialized
1 3.5

Able to be written on or to hold new data

is for physical surfaces written with pen or marker
inscriptible
vswrite-onable
8.6

A thing you can write on or carve into

is for ordinary ink or marker marks rather than carved engraving

Surface Forms

write-onable positive

Morphology

write-onable = write on (transparent) = on + write + able

Formed from the phrasal verb 'write on' plus the productive suffix '-able', meaning 'able to be written on', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Write-onable is made from the simple parts write ('to put words or marks'), on ('on top of'), and the ending -able ('can be done'), and so it literally says a surface 'can be written on'.