Meaning of PENETRABLE
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [adj] admitting of penetration or passage into or through; "a penetrable wall"; "penetrable defenses"
- [adj] capable of being penetrated; "penetrable defenses"
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PENETRABLE is a 10 letter word that starts with P. |
| | Synonyms: | | vulnerable |
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| | Antonyms: | | impenetrable | | | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pen"e*tra*ble\, a. [L. penetrabilus: cf. F.
p['e]n['e]trable.]
Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also
figuratively.
And pierce his only penetrable part. --Dryden.
I am not made of stones, But penetrable to your kind
entreats. --Shak.
-- {Pen"e*tra*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pen"e*tra*bly}, adv.
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| Thesaurus Terms |
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| | Related Terms: | | accessible, apprehensible, approachable, articulate, assailable, attackable, attainable, available, beatable, cognizable, come-at-able, comprehensible, conquerable, easily understood, easy to understand, exoteric, expugnable, fathomable, findable, getatable, gettable, intelligible, knowable, obtainable, open, open to, openable, permeable, pervious, plumbable, porose, porous, pregnable, prehensible, procurable, reachable, readable, scrutable, securable, surmountable, to be had, understandable, vincible, vulnerable, weak, within reach |
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