penetrable

[ pen-i-truh-buhl ]

/ ˈpɛn ɪ trə bəl /

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adjective

capable of being penetrated.

Origin of penetrable

1375–1425; late Middle English <Latin penetrābilis, equivalent to penetrā(re) to penetrate + -bilis-ble

OTHER WORDS FROM penetrable

pen·e·tra·bil·i·ty, pen·e·tra·ble·ness, nounpen·e·tra·bly, adverbnon·pen·e·tra·bil·i·ty, nounnon·pen·e·tra·ble, adjective

non·pen·e·tra·bly, adverbself-pen·e·tra·bil·i·ty, nountrans·pen·e·tra·ble, adjectiveun·pen·e·tra·ble, adjectiveun·pen·e·tra·bly, adverb

Words nearby penetrable

pene-, penecontemporaneous, Peneios, Penelope, peneplain, penetrable, penetralia, penetrance, penetrant, penetrant gene, penetrate

Example sentences from the Web for penetrable

This land so briefly shadowed forth was penetrable only in summer: that he well knew.
The Rules of the Game|Stewart Edward White
Callum, flint to other considerations, was penetrable to superstition.
Waverley|Sir Walter Scott
The water about us turned a blue that none there had ever seen, so turquoise, so cerulean, so penetrable by the eye!
1492|Mary Johnston
He is not made of penetrable stuff, and need waste no thought on the Scottish ballads.
The Balladists|John Geddie

The niche set apart for them to inhabit in our secret hearts is not penetrable by the lights and noises of common day.
Tolstoy on Shakespeare|Leo Tolstoy