Searchable

//ˈsɝt͡ʃəbəl// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something that can be searched, or searched for.

    "A quite accurate but clumsy paraphrase of this rhetorical question could be “Your attempt to find out the searchables of the unsearchable God is doomed to failure”."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of being searched, especially something that has an automated search function included.

    "The new searchable database is much more useful than the old paper records."

  2. 2
    Capable of being searched for.

    "Other searchable items were common or at least not infrequent."

Example

More examples

"Only the English parts of the PDF are searchable, unfortunately."

Etymology

From search + -able.

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