writable
Americanadjective
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capable of being written or set down in writing.
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Computers. capable of recording data.
writable DVDs.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of writable
First recorded in 1780–90; write ( def. ) + -able ( def. )
Example Sentences
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When being burned in a writable CD-R drive, the angular speed of a CD varies to keep the linear speed constant where the disc is being written.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 1, 2021
The architects specified some furniture with built-in scribble pads, and many of the walls are writable back-painted glass.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2016
I feel like a fiction becomes writable for me when a bunch of different ideas and images and kinds of language suddenly form a constellation.
From The New Yorker ● May 27, 2016
But to say that you have been changed by the work on a book – by the process of getting the book to be writable – is not bad.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2010
Mendax poked around and realised the root directory, which contained the password file, was effectively world writable.
From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus
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