abstractable

English

Etymology

abstract +‎ -able

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈstɹækt.ə.bl̩/
  • (US) IPA(key): /əbˈstɹækt.ə.bl̩/, /æbˈstɹækt.ə.bl̩/

Adjective

abstractable (comparative more abstractable, superlative most abstractable)

  1. Able to be abstracted; able to be made abstract. [First attested in the late 19th century.] [1]

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References
  1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstractable”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.
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