wettable

[ wet-uh-buhl ]

adjective

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

Origin of wettable

¹

First recorded in 1880–85; wet + -able

Words Nearby wettable

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use wettable in a sentence

On July 30 we sprayed with lindane (25% wettable powder) with one pound to one hundred gallons of water.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting | Northern Nut Growers Association
The (wettable) velvet lips of the mask made even her natural voice sound different.
The Creature from Cleveland Depths | Fritz Reuter Leiber

Browse