lockable

American  

[lok-uh-buhl] / ˈlɒk ə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being locked; lock; fitted with a lock.

   The car has a lockable glove compartment.

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Other Word Forms

• lockability noun

Etymology

Origin of lockable

First recorded in 1890–95; lock ¹ + -able

Example Sentences

The app represents one strategy designed to shore up the loopholes that have emerged in other popular enforcement tools, including lockable magnetic phone pouches that can be broken into or outright bans that sneaky students skirt.

From Los Angeles Times

Pupils at two high schools in Edinburgh were asked to keep their mobiles in lockable pouches during the day under a phone-free policy introduced in May.

From BBC

At the Heartwood Learning Trust, the school day starts with a ritual that sounds like every teenager's nightmare - their smartphones are taken away from them to be stored in lockable pouches until the end of the day.

From BBC

"I always thought that was particularly odd because he was adamant that the door was lockable and he only tried 50% of the lock," he said.

From BBC

He began refining an idea for a lockable pouch and started building prototypes using materials he sourced from a hardware store.

From Los Angeles Times