holdable

adj

Etymology

From hold + -able.

  1. derived from *kel-
  2. derived from *haldaną
  3. derived from *haldan
  4. derived from healdan
  5. derived from holden
  6. suffixed as holdable — “hold + able

Definitions

  1. That may be held.

    • Bones and stones, if you can forgive this vulgar formulation, are both holdable and beholdable.

The neighborhood

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