Curable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Curable \Cur"a*ble\ (k?r"?-b'l), a. [Cf. F. curable. See {Cure},
     v. t.]
     Capable of being cured; admitting remedy. "Curable diseases."
     --Harvey. -- {Cur"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Cur`a*bly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster] Cura[,c]ao



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  curable
       adj 1: being such that curing or healing is possible; "curable
              diseases" [ant: {incurable}]
       2: able to be hardened by some additive or other agent

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "curable":
     ameliorable, amendable, correctable, corrigible, emendable,
     fixable, improvable, medicable, mendable, reclaimable, recoverable,
     rectifiable, recyclable, redeemable, remediable, repairable,
     reparable, restorable, retrievable, reversible