Related Searches
Nearby Words

cleanable

[klee-nuh-bil-i-tee]

clean·a·bil·i·ty

[klee-nuh-bil-i-tee]
noun
the ability to be cleaned, especially easily or without damage: fabrics rated for their cleanability.

Origin:
clean + -ability

clean·a·ble, adjective
un·clean·a·ble, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To cleanable

:10

:09

:08

:07

:06

:05

:04

:03

:02

:01

Cleanable is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Collins
World English Dictionary
clean (kliːn)
 
adj
1.  without dirt or other impurities; unsoiled
2.  without anything in it or on it: a clean page
3.  recently washed; fresh
4.  without extraneous or foreign materials
5.  without defect, difficulties, or problems: a clean test flight
6.  a.  (of a nuclear weapon) producing little or no radioactive fallout or contamination
 b.  Compare dirty uncontaminated
7.  (of a wound, etc) having no pus or other sign of infection
8.  pure; morally sound
9.  without objectionable language or obscenity: a clean joke
10.  (of printer's proofs, etc) relatively free from errors; easily readable: clean copy
11.  thorough or complete: a clean break
12.  dexterous or adroit: a clean throw
13.  sport played fairly and without fouls
14.  simple in design: a ship's clean lines
15.  aeronautics causing little turbulence; streamlined
16.  (of an aircraft) having no projections, such as rockets, flaps, etc, into the airstream
17.  honourable or respectable
18.  habitually neat
19.  (esp of a driving licence) showing or having no record of offences
20.  slang
 a.  innocent; not guilty
 b.  not carrying illegal drugs, weapons, etc
21.  of a vessel nautical
 a.  having its bottom clean
 b.  having a satisfactory bill of health
22.  Old Testament
 a.  (of persons) free from ceremonial defilement
 b.  (of animals, birds, and fish) lawful to eat
23.  New Testament morally and spiritually pure
24.  clean sweep See sweep
 
vb
25.  to make or become free of dirt, filth, etc: the stove cleans easily
26.  (tr) to remove in making clean: to clean marks off the wall
27.  (tr) to prepare (fish, poultry, etc) for cooking: to clean a chicken
 
adv
28.  in a clean way; cleanly
29.  not standard (intensifier): clean forgotten; clean dead
30.  cricket clean bowled bowled by a ball that breaks the wicket without hitting the batsman or his bat
31.  informal come clean to make a revelation or confession
 
n
32.  the act or an instance of cleaning: he gave his shoes a clean
 
[Old English clǣne; related to Old Frisian klēne small, neat, Old High German kleini]
 
'cleanable
 
adj
 
'cleanness
 
n

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature