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tearable

  • a word derived from tear.
    tear
    noun
    a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles.

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The crust was soft and tearable, the za’atar herbaceous and not overly salty.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023

They were printed not on tearable paper, but on a semi-transparent fabric of silken flexibility, interwoven with silk.

From The Sleeper Awakes A Revised Edition of When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

They were printed not on tearable paper, but on a semi-transparent fabric of silken, flexibility, interwoven with silk.

From When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

The third is to have a habit made of tearable material; and this, I believe, is the only solution of the question, unless ladies decide definitely to adopt a man's dress.

From Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport by Beatrice Violet Graham Greville