machinable

Or ma·chine·a·ble

[muh-shee-nuh-buhl]

adjective

1. (of a material) capable of being cut or shaped with machine tools.

2. (of a letter or package) capable of being safely sorted by mail machinery, as a parcel sorter.

Other Word Forms

• machinability noun
• unmachinable adjective
• unmachineable adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of machinable¹

First recorded in 1915–20; machine + -able

Example Sentences

Even parcels are machinable these days.

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The casting, though intricate and not machinable in their own shop, could be easily handled in one that was well outfitted.

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It was heat-treated to a machinable hardness before being worked on, but was not further tempered.

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