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EXHAUSTIBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exhaustible mean? 

EXHAUSTIBLE (adjective)
  The adjective EXHAUSTIBLE has 2 senses:

1. capable of being used upplay

2. capable of being used up; capable of being exhaustedplay

  Familiarity information: EXHAUSTIBLE used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EXHAUSTIBLE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being used up

Similar:

depletable (capable of being depleted)

Antonym:

inexhaustible (incapable of being entirely consumed or used up)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Capable of being used up; capable of being exhausted

Context example:

our exhaustible reserves of fossil fuel

Similar:

finite (bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent)


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