lockable
Capable of being locked.
Adjective
- Capable of being locked.
- A desk for personal use with a file drawer that can be locked or a separate lockable file are ^([sic]) also a necessity. - 1987, Henry P Coppolillo, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy of Children:
- Because we would be away from the car for an hour or more and because the carrier, though zippable, was not lockable and, in any event, was slashable, we put all the suitcases, etc., in the car with us while we drove...
Antonyms: unlockable
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock 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 lockable From lock + -able.