insertable

Able to be inserted; able to be put into something else.

Adjective

  1. Able to be inserted; able to be put into something else.
    • The design was modified to be more insertable.

    Antonyms: uninsertable delible

Origin

Etymology tree English insert Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English insertable From insert + -able.

Forms

more insertable most insertable

Related

indexable unindexable

Noun

  1. Something that can be inserted.
    • Various implantables and insertables are available.
    • Insertables are very similar to glue-ons in that they retrospectively change the syntactic gestalt of the previous unit. - 2011, Peter Auer, Stefan Pfänder, Constructions: Emerging and Emergent:
    • I've had the opportunity to work on mouthwashes and astringents, catheter antimicrobial treatments, and antimicrobial treatments of other implantables and insertables. - 2009, Daryl S. Paulson, Applied Biomedical...

Forms

insertables