wettable

[ wet-uh-buh l ]

/ ˈwɛt ə bəl /

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adjective

able to be wetted.

made soluble or receptive to moisture, as by the addition of a chemical agent.

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Nearby words

wether, wethersfield, wetland, wetproof, wettability, wettable, wetterhorn, wettie, wetting agent, wetware, weu

Origin of wettable

First recorded in 1880–85; wet + -able

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for wettable

On July 30 we sprayed with lindane (25% wettable powder) with one pound to one hundred gallons of water.
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The (wettable) velvet lips of the mask made even her natural voice sound different.
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