packableadj.n.
/ˈpakəbl/, U.S. /ˈpækəb(ə)l/ A. adj.
Capable of being packed.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [adjective] > carried by a pack animal > able to be
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the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > stuffed or crammed > able to be
packable1851
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > packing > packed > able to be
packable1932
packageable1961
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 267/2 Pencils, pen-holders, and..‘packable things that you can't get much show out of’.
1863 G. F. Noyes Bivouac & Battlefield v. 40 I packed every thing packable..and had sword and pistol at my bedside, ready to be buckled on in an instant.
1880 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 368 Guns packable on the backs of mules.
1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Jan. 40/4 So easily packable, pocketable, readable a copy of the book.
2002 Northwest Florida Daily News (Nexis) 13 Nov. The Chef on the Go staff will even prepare packable meals for clients to take on their own road trips.
B. n.
A thing which is capable of being packed.
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1972 New Yorker 29 July 16/1 (caption) A packable that goes to town dressed up ndown [sic]!
1988 Toronto Star (Nexis) 25 June e3 Except for camera equipment, he travels spartan. And some packables serve him both personally and professionally.
2002 Sun-sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) 14 May 2 e Everyone..started packing..her packables into giant boxes purchased from a moving-van rental outfit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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