(of a container, package, etc) capable of being closed again after opening
reclosable in American English
(riˈklouzəbəl)
adjective
capable of being closed again easily or tightly after opening
a reclosable box of crackers
Also: recloseable
Word origin
[1960–65; re- + close + -able]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Pap test, buyback, disco, go-go, zip codere- is a prefix, occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, used with the meaning“again” or “again and again” to indicate repetition, or with the meaning “back” or“backward” to indicate withdrawal or backward motion. Other words that use the affixre- include: refurbish, regenerate, retrace, retype, revert; -able is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,”associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition tostems of any origin (teachable; photographable)