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ATTRACTABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does attractable mean?
• ATTRACTABLE (adjective)
The adjective ATTRACTABLE has 1 sense:
1. capable of being magnetized or attracted by a magnet
Familiarity information: ATTRACTABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being magnetized or attracted by a magnet
Context example:
the magnetic chips of steel produced by a cutting tool are attractable by a magnet
Similar:
magnetic; magnetised; magnetized (having the properties of a magnet; i.e. of attracting iron or steel)
Derivation:
attract (exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away)
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