Throwable

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something that is throwable.

    "Speaking of cycling, most things are recycled: There are bins for paper and bins for cans. Most plastic throwables are simply not allowed (though organizers haven’t quite found a substitute for forks, spoons and knives)."

  2. 2
    Any object that can be thrown in the manner of an exception.

    "Exceptions are thrown when some module of the project detects an error condition or if it handles some standard Java throwables."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of being thrown. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Capable of being thrown in the manner of an exception. not-comparable

    "For an object to be throwable, it must be directly or indirectly derived from the Throwable class."

Example

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"For an object to be throwable, it must be directly or indirectly derived from the Throwable class."

Etymology

From throw + -able.

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