Boreable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of being bored or drilled into.

    "One commercially available form of this type of bearing has a boreable 0.010 in.-thick lining of acetal copolymer, while another form has a thinner, 0.004 in.-thick, lining of the homopolymer."

  2. 2
    Capable of being bored, or made to lose interest in something.

    "Some factory workers are intolerably bored by monotonous tasks; others prefer them. The boreable, on the other hand, develop on occasion the most furious initiative in their efforts to escape boredom."

Example

More examples

"One commercially available form of this type of bearing has a boreable 0.010 in.-thick lining of acetal copolymer, while another form has a thinner, 0.004 in.-thick, lining of the homopolymer."

Etymology

From bore + -able.

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