cleavableadj.
/ˈkliːvəb(ə)l/ That can be cloven, cleft, or split; admitting of cleavage.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > cleaving or splitting > [adjective] > cleft, split, or having clefts > able to be
fissile1661
cleavesome1674
cleavable1846
1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Penny Cycl.).
1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 309 In large rocks the cleavable or frangible nature was the thing that necessarily struck him most.
1881 A. Geikie in Macmillan's Mag. 44 234 Pink cleavable orthoclase felspar.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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