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cleavable

[ klee-vuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of being cleft cleave cleft or split.

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Other Words From

  • cleava·bili·ty noun
  • un·cleava·ble adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cleavable1

First recorded in 1840–50; cleave 2 + -able

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Example Sentences

The shakes were split very thin, for sugar pine is among the most cleavable woods of this country.

Diopside, dī-op′sid, n. a grayish and readily cleavable variety of pyroxene.

Crystallizes in rhombohedrons with curved faces; these crystals are distinctly cleavable and massive.

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