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CONSUMABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does consumable mean?
• CONSUMABLE (adjective)
The adjective CONSUMABLE has 1 sense:
1. may be used up
Familiarity information: CONSUMABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
May be used up
Similar:
expendable (suitable to be expended)
Derivation:
consume (use up (resources or materials))
Context examples
A compartment in a device designed to house a consumable material for feeding into a mechanism.
(Magazine Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
A data type comprised of data that may be human or machine consumable.
(Encapsulated Data Data Type, NCI Thesaurus)
A consumable material that is added to a device and is used to make a finished product or becomes part of a finished product.
(Device Ingredient or Reagent Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
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