Penetrable

3 definitions found

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

  Penetrable \Pen"e*tra*ble\, a. [L. penetrabilus: cf. F.
     p['e]n['e]trable.]
     Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also
     figuratively.
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           And pierce his only penetrable part.     --Dryden.
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           I am not made of stones,
           But penetrable to your kind entreats.    --Shak.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Pen"e*tra*ble*ness}, n. --
     {Pen"e*tra*bly}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  penetrable
       adj 1: admitting of penetration or passage into or through; "a
              penetrable wall"; "penetrable defenses" [ant: {impenetrable}]
       2: capable of being penetrated; "penetrable defenses"

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

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "penetrable":
     accessible, apprehensible, approachable, articulate, assailable,
     attackable, attainable, available, beatable, cognizable,
     come-at-able, comprehensible, conquerable, easily understood,
     easy to understand, exoteric, expugnable, fathomable, findable,
     getatable, gettable, intelligible, knowable, obtainable, open,
     open to, openable, permeable, pervious, plumbable, porose, porous,
     pregnable, prehensible, procurable, reachable, readable, scrutable,
     securable, surmountable, to be had, understandable, vincible,
     vulnerable, weak, within reach