RETURNABLE

returnable

(adjective) that may be returned; “returnable bottles and cans”; “this merchandise is returnable if you save the receipt”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

returnable (not comparable)

Capable of being returned.

Noun

returnable (plural returnables)

Something that is returnable.

We'll have to take our returnables in soon; we're running out of space.

Source: Wiktionary


Re*turn"a*ble, a.

1. Capable of, or admitting of, being returned.

2. (Law)

Definition: Legally required to be returned, delivered, given, or rendered; as, a writ or precept returnable at a certain day; a verdict returnable to the court.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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20 May 2024

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(adjective) affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste; “he stayed glued to one spot”; “pieces of pasted paper”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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