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EXPANDIBLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does expandible mean?
• EXPANDIBLE (adjective)
The adjective EXPANDIBLE has 2 senses:
1. able to expand or be expanded
2. (of gases) capable of expansion
Familiarity information: EXPANDIBLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Able to expand or be expanded
Synonyms:
expandable; expandible; expansible
Similar:
expansive (able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion)
Derivation:
expand (become larger in size or volume or quantity)
expand (expand the influence of)
expand (make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity)
expand (extend in one or more directions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of gases) capable of expansion
Synonyms:
expandable; expandible; expansible; expansile
Similar:
elastic (capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy)
Derivation:
expand (become larger in size or volume or quantity)
expand (extend in one or more directions)
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